Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Comet and Native Apps)

Perplexity AI is looking for experienced Generalist Software Engineers to join its Comet and Perplexity native application teams. The team is reshaping knowledge work through high-impact Comet and Computer native apps.

The ideal candidate should have strong programming skills and multiple years of experience shipping high-quality, production software. The stack spans several different skillsets, including Chromium, Rust, Kotlin, Swift, Typescript, and Perplexity's core AI stack.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with product teams to implement novel mobile experiences.
• Work closely with design teams to design fast and intuitive UI.
• Utilise Perplexity Computer and other Agentic coding tools to accelerate development.
• Collaborate with data science and machine learning teams to instrument, analyse, and improve the end-to-end experience.
• Work with infrastructure and QA teams on deployment processes, including testing, release, and monitoring.

Requirements

• 4+ years industry experience
• Experience in shipping high-quality native applications
• Architecture experience in writing code understandable by both agents and humans
• Deep understanding of app performance
• Ability to own projects and surfaces, and to push them forward proactively

Compensation

• $200K – $400K

Benefits

• Full-time U.S. employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits program including equity, health, dental, vision, retirement, fitness, commuter, and dependent care accounts, and more.
• Full-time employees outside the U.S. enjoy a comprehensive benefits program tailored to their region of residence.