Full Stack Software Engineer

Details

Perplexity is seeking an experienced Full Stack Engineer to help revolutionize the way people search and interact online. In this role, you'll translate cutting-edge AI advances into products that are both useful and engaging.

Tech Stack

TypeScript | Python | Docker | AWS | Vercel

Special Projects stack (mentioned): Python, Docker, Kubernetes, NextJS, React.

Teams

• Enterprise: designs and builds core platform features like rich file attachments, secure file and app connectors (using Model Context Protocol), and Spaces for collaboration. Works at the intersection of AI, automation, and knowledge management.
• Growth: shapes user experience and builds AI-powered features (personalized prompts, auto-generated study guides, contextual upsell nudges). Owns growth platform including experimentation framework, feature flagging, and notifications.
• Billing: builds subscription and payments infrastructure, integrates with payment platforms, and develops agentic payments that autonomously interact with payment platforms.
• Consumer Verticals: builds AI-powered experiences across travel, shopping, health, real estate, finance, sports, live events, and more. Mentions agentic actions powered by Comet.
• Special Projects: builds 0-1 products that redefine the future of search, combining bleeding-edge AI, consumer apps, and multi-modal capabilities (text, voice, image, video).
• Travel Agent: AI-powered exploration, personalization, automation to plan and book travel with agentic actions.

Role description

You will build new 0-1 products at high scale, ship experiments, and translate AI research into engaging products. Work closely with Product, Design, and Data to run experiments and measure impact. Projects may involve multi-modal AI capabilities and integrations with payments and private data connectors.

Responsibilities

• Building new 0-1 products at high scale
• Working closely with Product, Design, and Data to ship experiments and learn
• Launching new features, experiments, campaigns, and partnerships in a fast-moving environment
• Building core growth infrastructure such as notification platforms, ad attribution, and more
• Analyzing performance metrics and user feedback to identify opportunities for improvement and optimization
• Building delightful and data-proven user journeys

Requirements

• Strong programming skills with the ability to work across the full stack
• Self-motivated with a willingness to take ownership of tasks
• Good quantitative understanding of data and experimentation
• Experience making data-driven decisions and measuring impact (experimentation, feature flags, ad-hoc analysis)
• A passion for shipping quality products
• 4+ years of industry experience

Compensation

• The compensation range for this role is $180,000 - $300,000 per year
• Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including experience and expertise
• Equity: In addition to the base salary, equity may be part of the total compensation package

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
• Includes a 401(k) plan