API Platform Engineering Leader – Frontier Intelligence

Perplexity AI Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity AI Inc. in San Francisco is seeking a strong technical leader to steer the API Platform engineering team through growth. This role involves designing, implementing, and scaling programmatic interfaces for cutting-edge AI technology.

The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of engineering experience with a strong proficiency in Python, managing engineering teams, and a passion for enabling seamless developer experiences.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of engineering experience, with at least 3 of those years as an engineering manager.
• Strong understanding of high-traffic API design and performance tuning.
• Experience managing engineering teams, including recruiting and retaining talent.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across multiple layers of our rapidly growing API business.
• Design, build, and operate mission-critical APIs.
• Collaborate across teams to incorporate novel capabilities into the API Platform.

Skills

Python

API design

Customer empathy

Organizational skills

Go

Rust

Job description

Perplexity AI Inc. in San Francisco is seeking a strong technical leader to steer the API Platform engineering team through growth. This role involves designing, implementing, and scaling programmatic interfaces for cutting-edge AI technology.

The ideal candidate will have over 8 years of engineering experience with a strong proficiency in Python, managing engineering teams, and a passion for enabling seamless developer experiences.