Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure)

Details

The Cloud Infrastructure team owns the foundational cloud primitives and deployment models that power Perplexity's products, from multi-tenant public cloud to single-tenant and on-premises solutions for enterprise customers.

As Perplexity grows its Computer and Enterprise products, this team builds and operates the security, isolation, and compliance layers that customers depend on. The team provides deployment topologies, multi-region infrastructure, and core services that enable Perplexity to run reliably and efficiently for both consumer traffic and large enterprises.

Responsibilities

• Own the roadmap and technical strategy for agent-driven cloud infrastructure management.
• Design and operate Perplexity's cloud networking fabric, including VPC architectures, private connectivity, and peering with hyperscalers and neocloud providers to support low-latency, high-throughput AI workloads.
• Architect and scale compute platforms, including Kubernetes/EKS, autoscaling groups, and mixed CPU/GPU fleets, to efficiently serve online request traffic and background workloads across regions.
• Build and maintain secure, isolated deployment topologies for multi-tenant, single-tenant, and customer-owned cloud (BYOC) environments, including cross-account networking, identity, and policy guardrails.
• Implement and evolve multi-region strategies for availability, failover, and data locality, including traffic routing, regional capacity planning, and disaster recovery playbooks.
• Partner with security to deliver enterprise controls such as BYOK/KMS integrations, network isolation, and auditability required for regulated customers.
• Develop automation, tooling, and runbooks that make day-to-day operations, including provisioning, upgrades, and incident response, predictable and repeatable for Perplexity products across all environments.

Requirements

• Deep experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure on AWS, including VPC design, routing, security groups, load balancing, and private connectivity.
• Strong background with Kubernetes/EKS and container orchestration, including multi-cluster, multi-region, or multi-account setups.
• Hands-on experience with cloud networking and peering, such as VPC peering, Transit Gateway, private link/service endpoints, or similar constructs in neoclouds.
• Experience building or operating secure, isolated environments for enterprise customers, such as single-tenant, BYOC, or on-premises environments, ideally including BYOK/KMS integrations and compliance constraints.
• Proficiency with infrastructure as code using Terraform.
• Strong software engineering skills in at least one of Python, Go, or Rust for automation and tooling.
• Strong debugging and incident management skills across distributed systems, including networking, compute, and platform layers, with a track record of driving root-cause analysis and long-term fixes.
• 7+ years of industry experience building and operating production cloud infrastructure, including leading the design of complex systems or migrations.

Applicants are encouraged to apply even if their experience does not match every qualification listed above.

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.