Member of Technical Staff

Home > Python programming jobs

Member of Technical Staff in USA

Perplexity
Full time
Email

USA
08/27/2026
Report

Palo Alto, CA

Responsibilities

Evolve the core agent harness powering Perplexity’s flagship answer experience.
Improve single- and multi-agent orchestration, context management, performance, and reliability.
Translate user needs and quantitative insights into agent improvements.
Build excellent observability and rigorous evaluation systems for reliable agents at global scale.
Improve developer experience so failures are easy to reproduce and fix autonomously.
Support training and evaluation of new models through production feedback loops.

Requirements

At least 2 years of experience building and shipping large-scale AI systems and services with high reliability, availability, and performance.
Strong software engineering skills with emphasis on developer experience and future-proof system design.
Proficiency with Python.
Bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in computer science, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
Rust and cloud infrastructure experience, including AWS and Kubernetes, are bonuses.

Salary: $220k - $405k/yr

Perplexity

The most powerful answer engine. Powering curiosity with answers backed by up-to-date sources. This is where knowledge begins.

Similar positions

Staff Software Engineer Data Platform

Twilio
Full time

USA
10/30/2026
Salary: $171k-$252k

Remote

Data Scientist - Staff or Senior

KoBold Metals
Full time

UK
10/30/2026
Salary: $140k-$240k

Remote

Senior Software Engineer

Two Six Technologies
Full time

USA
10/30/2026
Salary: $125k - $188k/yr

Remote

Senior Software Engineer

Coinbase
Full time

USA
10/30/2026
Salary: $186k - $219k/yr

Remote

Software Developer, Data Engineering

Robinhood
Full time

Canada
10/30/2026

Toronto

Listings

by

Job Type

Language

Country