Growth Engineer for AI-Powered Onboarding & Activation

Perplexity; California (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity is seeking a growth engineer toOwn growth surfaces across the full funnel for Computer and Perplexity products, from activation to paid upgrades. You will lead end-to-end experiments, instrument results, and translate signals into measurable product improvements.

The role emphasizes building AI-powered onboarding and recommendation surfaces, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving adoption and revenue in a fast-moving startup environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Full-stack engineering with a modern web stack (Next.js, React, TypeScript on frontend; Python on backend).
• Experience with A/B testing and experimentation platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and own growth surfaces across the full funnel for Computer and Perplexity products.
• Lead experiments end-to-end from hypothesis to rollout, shipping many in parallel.
• Build applied AI systems powering growth: classifiers, personalization, onboarding and recommendations.
• Launch vertical-specific experiences that connect AI capabilities to adoption and revenue.
• Monitor metrics and instrument data to drive durable product improvements.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Data Science, Monetization, Marketing, and Applied AI.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

Next.js/React/TypeScript

Python

SQL

A/B testing & experimentation

Ownership & product judgment

Data-informed decision-making

Tools

Next.js

React

TypeScript

Python

SQL

Eppo/Statsig/Optimizely

Job description

Perplexity is seeking a growth engineer toOwn growth surfaces across the full funnel for Computer and Perplexity products, from activation to paid upgrades. You will lead end-to-end experiments, instrument results, and translate signals into measurable product improvements.

The role emphasizes building AI-powered onboarding and recommendation surfaces, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and driving adoption and revenue in a fast-moving startup environment.