Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Desktop Apps)

Perplexity; New York (NY); On-site; USD 200,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity AI is seeking experienced Generalist Software Engineers to join the Perplexity and Comet application teams in the United States. You will work on desktop and mobile experiences, collaborating with product, design, and data science to ship high-quality, production software.

The role requires owning features end to end, optimizing performance, and mentoring teammates across codebases. Strong stack experience and the ability to ramp quickly are valued.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of industry experience in software development.
• Experience shipping high-quality native applications.
• Architectural experience enabling code understandable by agents and humans.
• Strong understanding of app performance.
• Ability to own projects and push them forward proactively.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with product teams to implement mobile experiences.
• Design fast, intuitive UI with design teams.
• Cooperate with data science to instrument and improve the end-to-end experience.
• Coordinate with infra and QA on deployment: testing, release, monitoring.

Skills

4+ years industry experience

Native app shipping

Architecture experience

App performance

Job description

Perplexity AI is looking for experienced Generalist Software Engineers to join our Perplexity and Comet application teams. Our team is reshaping knowledge work through our high-impact desktop and Comet apps. The ideal candidate should have strong programming skills and multiple years of experience shipping high-quality, production software. Our stack spans several different skillsets, including Rust, Kotlin, Swift, Typescript, Chromium and Perplexity’s core AI stack. We have found that our strongest engineers are capable of working across multiple codebases and ramping up quickly, and we expect the same high bar for candidates.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with product teams to implement novel mobile experiences.
• Work closely with design teams to design fast and intuitive UI.
• Utilize Perplexity Computer and other Agentic coding tools to accelerate development.
• Collaborate with data science and machine learning teams to instrument, analyze, and improve the end-to-end experience.
• Work with infrastructure and QA teams on deployment processes, including testing, release, and monitoring.

Requirements

• 4+ years industry experience
• Experience in shipping high-quality native applications
• Architecture experience in writing code understandable by both agents and humans
• Deep understanding of app performance
• Ability to own projects and surfaces, and to push them forward proactively

Compensation Range: $200K - $400K