Staff Engineer, Capabilities & Agent Systems

Perplexity; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 405,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity is looking for an experienced software engineer to join their Capabilities team in San Francisco. This role focuses on transforming frontier AI breakthroughs into user-facing products, requiring strong full-stack engineering and product judgment.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of delivering complex systems and a genuine interest in AI capabilities. You will build scalable infrastructure and collaborate across teams to ensure high-impact user experiences.

Qualifications

• Typically 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong full-stack engineering including user-facing products.
• Strong product judgment and instincts.

Responsibilities

• Investigate and identify opportunities for product capabilities.
• Build scalable platform infrastructure and backend systems.
• Collaborate with PM, Design, and other teams to validate experiences.

Skills

Full-stack engineering

Product judgment

Data-informed decision making

Complex system delivery

Understanding of AI capabilities

Tools

Python

Go

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

AWS

TypeScript

React

Job description

Perplexity is looking for an experienced software engineer to join their Capabilities team in San Francisco. This role focuses on transforming frontier AI breakthroughs into user-facing products, requiring strong full-stack engineering and product judgment.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of delivering complex systems and a genuine interest in AI capabilities. You will build scalable infrastructure and collaborate across teams to ensure high-impact user experiences.