Senior Desktop Apps Engineer - Cross-Stack & UI Focus

Perplexity; 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 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.