Member of Technical Staff – Software Engineer, Desktop Apps

Segment (Twilio); San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity in San Francisco is seeking a Generalist Software Engineer to join our application teams. You will work on high-impact desktop and mobile applications, focusing on creating intuitive user experiences.

The ideal candidate has over 4 years of industry experience, strong programming skills across multiple languages, and a track record of shipping high-quality applications. You will collaborate with design, data science, and engineering teams to enhance our products.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of 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.

Responsibilities

• Implement novel mobile experiences with product teams.
• Design fast and intuitive UI with design teams.
• Utilize Perplexity Computer and Agentic coding tools.
• Collaborate with data science and machine learning teams.
• Work with infrastructure and QA teams on deployment processes.

Skills

Programming skills

Rust

Kotlin

Swift

Typescript

Tools

Perplexity Computer

Agentic coding tools

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 thorugh our high-impact desktoph 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