AI-Powered Data Systems Engineer

Gavroche; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity looks for a data leader who builds AI systems that transform how data science is done. You’ll create AI agents capable of end-to-end analysis, craft reliable retrieval and evaluation loops, and turn workflows into scalable internal tools.

You’ll work with existing AI across the data team and define a product-like data platform. You’ll own the full lifecycle from hypothesis to production, delivering self-serve AI interfaces and guardrails to ensure high-quality insights.

Responsibilities

• Build AI agents that do data science and interpret results for decision making.
• Design AI-native data workflows and scalable data products.
• Develop retrieval and evaluation loops to query data warehouse reliably.
• Automate data lifecycle with self-healing pipelines and dbt model generation.

Job description

Perplexity looks for a data leader who builds AI systems that transform how data science is done. You’ll create AI agents capable of end-to-end analysis, craft reliable retrieval and evaluation loops, and turn workflows into scalable internal tools.

You’ll work with existing AI across the data team and define a product-like data platform. You’ll own the full lifecycle from hypothesis to production, delivering self-serve AI interfaces and guardrails to ensure high-quality insights.