At a glance
Perplexity is hiring a Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Desktop Apps) in San Francisco, CA; New York, NY. It is a full-time hybrid role in Software & IT, asking for at least 4 years of experience, first listed on November 1. The advertised pay is $200,000–$400,000 a year. The description mentions Rust, Kotlin, Swift, TypeScript and Machine learning. Perplexity has 99 other openings in the US, 96 of them in San Francisco, CA. Across all employers on USA Jobs 24 there are 724 Software & IT openings in San Francisco, CA today; the typical one asks for 6 years and advertises about $231,000 a year at the midpoint.
About this role
Perplexity is looking for experienced Generalist Software Engineers to join our Perplexity and Comet application teams. Our team is reshaping knowledge work through our high-impact desktop and Comet apps. The ideal candidate should have strong programming skills and multiple years of experience shipping high-quality, production software.
Our stack spans several different skillsets, including Rust, Kotlin, Swift, Typescript, Chromium and Perplexity’s core AI stack. We have found that our strongest engineers are capable of working across multiple codebases and ramping up quickly, and we expect the same high bar for candidates.
Responsibilities
Work closely with product teams to implement novel mobile experiences.
Work closely with design teams to design fast and intuitive UI.
Utilize Perplexity Computer and other Agentic coding tools to accelerate development.
Collaborate with data science and machine learning teams to instrument, analyze, 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
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