Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Desktop Apps)
Perplexity · San Francisco · Remote (United States)
- Level
- Staff
- Type
- full-time
- Mode
- Remote-friendly
- Posted
- 2026-08-26
- Compensation
- $200K – $400K
- Team
- AI Products, AI Products
Role description
Perplexity is looking for experienced Generalist Software Engineers to join our Perplexity and Comet application teams. Our team is reshaping knowledge work through our high-impact desktop and Comet apps. The ideal candidate should have strong programming skills and multiple years of experience shipping high-quality, production software. Our stack spans several different skillsets, including Rust, Kotlin, Swift, Typescript, Chromium and Perplexity’s core AI stack. We have found that our strongest engineers are capable of working across multiple codebases and ramping up quickly, and we expect the same high bar for candidates.…
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