Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, API Platform)Active$220K–$405K

Perplexity
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The opportunity

Perplexity API Platform Perplexity innovates at the frontier of AI infrastructure, search, and orchestration to serve the world's most discerning users. The Perplexity API Platform brings our technology to the world's most discerning developers.

What they're looking for

  • + years of backend engineering experience with Python, Go, or Rust.
  • Strong understanding of high-traffic API design: schema evolution & versioning, idempotency, authentication patterns, rate limiting, and performance tuning.
  • Hands-on cloud experience (AWS preferred), along with fluency with: Kubernetes, CI/CD, and modern DevOps practices.
  • Experience with modern AI APIs (including latency tuning, streaming, model: orchestration, emerging technical standards) is a strong plus.