Frontend Engineer — AI Interfaces & Experience

Perplexity; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 405,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity in San Francisco is seeking a frontend engineer to craft delightful web interfaces for the Core Experience team. You will collaborate with design to prototype, architect, and implement interactions with AI collaborators, shipping updates used by millions daily.

Candidates should have strong React/TypeScript skills, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to own projects end-to-end in a fast-paced setting where the industry evolves rapidly.

Qualifications

• Proven experience building polished web interfaces with React and TypeScript.
• Attention to detail in aesthetics, performance, and code quality.
• Ability to own projects end-to-end in a fast-changing environment.
• Strong product instincts and ability to reason about trade-offs.
• Customer-centric mindset focused on user impact.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship polished, high-quality web interfaces.
• Improve visible surfaces like chat threads, editing, and composition.
• Collaborate with design to turn ideas into production implementations.
• Solve architecture, state-management, animation, and performance challenges.
• Work with research teams to translate cutting-edge research into production features.
• Design reusable libraries and SDKs to maintain high quality across surfaces.

Skills

React

TypeScript

CSS

Job description

Perplexity in San Francisco is seeking a frontend engineer to craft delightful web interfaces for the Core Experience team. You will collaborate with design to prototype, architect, and implement interactions with AI collaborators, shipping updates used by millions daily.

Candidates should have strong React/TypeScript skills, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to own projects end-to-end in a fast-paced setting where the industry evolves rapidly.