Member of Technical Staff (General Software Engineer, Infrastructure)

Perplexity; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity is seeking an experienced infrastructure-focused software engineer to design, build, and operate distributed systems in a fast-growing environment.

You will own cross-cutting challenges across compute, storage, and networking to improve scalability, reliability, and performance for consumer, AI, and enterprise workloads. Strong Python or systems languages background required.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of professional software engineering experience owning production systems.
• Proficiency in Python or other systems languages and experience in at least two infrastructure domains.

Skills

Distributed Systems

Infrastructure Engineering

Python

Go

Rust

C++

Java

Kubernetes

Cloud Platforms

Storage Systems

Networking

Database Management

Production Reliability

System Architecture

Backend Development

Performance Optimization

Job description

Design, build, and operate distributed infrastructure to support consumer, AI, and enterprise workloads. Own cross-cutting problems across compute, storage, and networking to improve system scalability and reliability.

Requirements

Requires 4+ years of professional software engineering experience with a track record of owning complex production systems. Proficiency in Python or other systems languages and experience in at least two infrastructure domains is required.

Key Skills

• Distributed Systems
• Infrastructure Engineering
• Python
• Go
• Rust
• C++
• Java
• Kubernetes
• Cloud Platforms
• Storage Systems
• Networking
• Database Management
• Production Reliability
• System Architecture
• Backend Development
• Performance Optimization