Storage Platform Engineer - High-Impact Backend

Perplexity AI Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity AI Inc. in New York is seeking a skilled professional to join their Storage Platform team. The role involves designing, operating, and enhancing storage infrastructure that supports all Perplexity products and AI workloads.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in large-scale backend systems, strong knowledge of database technologies, and excellent collaboration skills. If you're passionate about this opportunity, apply even if not all qualifications are met.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building and operating large‑scale backend or infrastructure systems.
• Hands‑on experience with major database technology (like Postgres or DynamoDB).
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems and performance optimization.
• Proven track record of owning services end‑to‑end.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language for backend systems.
• Effective communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and improve the storage platform for products and AI workloads.
• Own reliability, performance, and availability SLOs.
• Define storage abstractions and tooling for product teams.
• Partner with teams to design data models and access patterns.
• Lead capacity planning and lifecycle management for storage clusters.

Skills

Large-scale backend infrastructure

Database technologies (Postgres, MySQL, etc.)

Distributed systems fundamentals

Performance optimization

Programming languages (Go, Rust, Python)

Effective communication

Job description

Perplexity AI Inc. in New York is seeking a skilled professional to join their Storage Platform team. The role involves designing, operating, and enhancing storage infrastructure that supports all Perplexity products and AI workloads.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in large-scale backend systems, strong knowledge of database technologies, and excellent collaboration skills. If you're passionate about this opportunity, apply even if not all qualifications are met.