Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Applied AI)Active$220K–$405K

Perplexity
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The opportunity

Perplexity is looking for an Applied AI Engineer to design, build, and iterate on cutting-edge agents powering our core experience in Perplexity Computer. Working in this mission critical team, you will develop frontier context layer applications - fulfilling the curiosity of millions of users across the globe.

What you'll do

  • Apply state-of-the-art ML and LLM techniques to solve problems spanning: Personalization (LLM memory, context summarization, retrieval and ranking);

  • Contextual recommendations and Monetization applications

  • Build frontier agent capabilities on top of Perplexity Computer

  • Build auto research harness for both offline and online techniques, designing: experiments and metrics that provide deep insight into quality and impact.

  • Own the entire model lifecycle from research to production: data analysis, modeling, evaluation, offline/online A/B testing, and iterative improvement and build autonomous harness for agent squad to explore different problem spaces.

  • Collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, PMs, data scientists, and: designers to ensure our AI drives meaningful product improvements.

What they're looking for

  • Stay at the forefront of ML/AI innovation by evaluating and incorporating: emerging research and algorithms into the product lifecycle.
  • + years experience building and shipping robust AI products for large-scale,: user-facing or data-driven products.
  • Strong software engineering skills (Python, production-quality codebases,: collaborative development) and experience using agentic coding tools for large scale parallel developments.
  • In-depth experience with the full AI lifecycle: data analysis, rigorous evaluation, and ongoing monitoring/improvement.