Perplexity · 4 hours ago
Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Infrastructure | NYC, Seattle, SF
New York, NY
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$210K/yr - $385K/yrPerplexity is looking for experienced Infrastructure Engineers to join their small team revolutionizing the way people search and interact with the internet. The role involves leading the design, implementation, and scaling of tools, systems, and platforms that empower engineering teams to build state-of-the-art products while ensuring reliability, security, and performance at scale.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)ChatbotMachine LearningNatural Language ProcessingSearch Engine
Responsibilities
Leading the design, implementation, and scaling of tools, systems, and platforms
Enabling product, AI, and developer teams to innovate quickly while ensuring reliability, security, and performance at scale
Building and maintaining critical infrastructure
Setting rigorous standards for code quality, uptime, and developer productivity
Architecting seamless onboarding, blazing-fast CI/CD, and developer tools
Designing and scaling compute, storage, and networking systems for high-throughput, low-latency workloads
Qualification
Required
Experience in Infrastructure Engineering
Proficiency in Python, Go, TypeScript
Experience with PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis
Familiarity with FastAPI, React, Bazel, GitHub, AWS
Ability to lead design, implementation, and scaling of tools, systems, and platforms
Experience ensuring reliability, security, and performance at scale
Strong understanding of backend systems such as authentication, real-time data flows, and service orchestration
Experience with frontend frameworks for user experiences
Ability to set rigorous standards for code quality, uptime, and developer productivity
Experience in architecting seamless onboarding and CI/CD processes
Ability to design and operate cloud infrastructure for high-throughput, low-latency workloads
Experience collaborating with product, AI research, and security teams
Company
Perplexity
Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine designed to provide accurate, real-time responses to user queries.
Founded in 2022
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (12)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.48BKey Investors
Cristiano RonaldoNuVenturesAccel
2025-12-05Undisclosed
2025-09-10Series Unknown· $200M
2025-08-15Secondary Market
Leadership Team
Aravind Srinivas
Cofounder, President, CEO
Denis Yarats
Co-Founder & CTO
Recent News
2026-01-16
Business News: Pasadena Star-News
2026-01-16
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