Description
We are seeking a highly skilled Member of Data Staff (Data Acceleration) to join our Data Science team at Perplexity. This role involves building AI agents and internal systems that can handle end-to-end analysis workflows, leveraging AI to fundamentally change how data science gets done.
The successful candidate will have 6+ years of experience in data science, analytics engineering, or data engineering. They will possess deep SQL and analytics judgment, strong product sense, hands-on LLM experience, pipeline and modeling fluency, and a builder mentality.
Key responsibilities include:
- Building AI agents that do data science, not just SQL copilots
- Making AI systems query the warehouse reliably
- Accelerating the AI-native data workflow
- Automating the data lifecycle
- Shipping AI-powered experiment analysis
- Turning the data team into a product team
- Owning the full lifecycle of AI systems
We offer a comprehensive benefits program, including equity, health, dental, vision, retirement, fitness, commuter, and dependent care accounts. The salary range for this position is $175K - $330K.
What You'll Do
- Build AI agents that do data science
- Make AI systems query the warehouse reliably
- Accelerate the AI-native data workflow
- Automate the data lifecycle
- Ship AI-powered experiment analysis
- Turn the data team into a product team
- Own the full lifecycle
What We're Looking For
- 6+ years in data science, analytics engineering, data engineering, or a related role
- Deep SQL and analytics judgment
- Strong product sense
- Hands-on LLM experience
- Pipeline and modeling fluency
- Builder mentality
- Autonomy
Bonus
- Experience building production AI agents or agent evaluation systems
- Experience with Snowflake, semantic layers, or metadata systems
- Experience building internal tools, Slack bots, CLIs, or developer productivity products
- Strong experimentation background
- Early-stage startup experience
Why This Role
- Set the standard for the industry
- Build AI with AI
- Frontier models, day one
- Massive leverage
- Direct impact