Staff Software Engineer - Security Tools & AI Automation

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

Job summary

Perplexity in San Francisco seeks a hands-on Software Engineer to build security tools, AI-driven agents, and automation that strengthen detection, response, and vulnerability management. You’ll design production services and internal tools, collaborating with cross-functional teams to raise the security posture of our products and infrastructure.

You will implement and operate security pipelines, integrate signals from cloud, endpoints, SaaS, and applications, and contribute to

Qualifications

• 4+ years building security-related tools or in security engineering with software responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain software and automation to improve detection and response, including alert enrichment, triage workflows, and investigation tooling.

Skills

Python

Go

TypeScript

Security tooling

Automation

Tools

Logging pipelines

SIEMs

EDR

Cloud APIs

Identity platforms

Job description

Perplexity in San Francisco seeks a hands-on Software Engineer to build security tools, AI-driven agents, and automation that strengthen detection, response, and vulnerability management. You’ll design production services and internal tools, collaborating with cross-functional teams to raise the security posture of our products and infrastructure.

You will implement and operate security pipelines, integrate signals from cloud, endpoints, SaaS, and applications, and contribute to