Staff Software Engineer — AI Acceleration & Systems

Perplexity; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 405,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity AI is seeking experienced engineers to join the Acceleration team, driving order-of-magnitude improvements in product and user experience through AI-enabled workflows. This role blends AI product development, infrastructure engineering, and developer experience to push velocity and impact across the company.

Ideal candidates bring deep internet-scale experience, fluency with Python, and enthusiasm for learning Rust/TypeScript/Go, with a track record of delivering prototypes and

Qualifications

• 5 to 15+ years of industry experience in infrastructure/platform engineering or developer acceleration.
• Daily use of AI models/tools with intuition on their jagged frontiers.
• Proficiency with Python, with willingness to learn Rust, TypeScript, Go.

Responsibilities

• Identify and execute high-potential opportunities to accelerate delivery with frontier AI capabilities.
• Collaborate across disciplines to harness AI in new ways.
• Make codebases, systems, and knowledge legible to AI.
• Help optimize quality-velocity frontier for maximum performance.
• Stay current with new AI tools/models and set an example in their use.

Skills

Python

Rust

TypeScript

Go

AI tools

CUDA

Tools

CUDA

Job description

Perplexity AI is seeking experienced engineers to join the Acceleration team, driving order-of-magnitude improvements in product and user experience through AI-enabled workflows. This role blends AI product development, infrastructure engineering, and developer experience to push velocity and impact across the company.

Ideal candidates bring deep internet-scale experience, fluency with Python, and enthusiasm for learning Rust/TypeScript/Go, with a track record of delivering prototypes and