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Perplexity
Full time
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USA
10/25/2026
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Washington, DC

Responsibilities

Research high-stakes AI policy and regulatory issues using AI agents.
Build automated platforms for harvesting, prioritizing, and patenting company inventions with AI researchers and intellectual property attorneys.
Work with Legal and outside counsel on high-tech litigation matters in U.S. federal court.
Engineer privacy and compliance systems for frontier AI products.
Contribute to regulatory filings and responses involving AI technology, company systems, and policy.
Implement software solutions for recruiting, labor compliance, and performance management with the People team.
Participate in meetings with government officials, international partners, and civil society as an AI technology and policy subject-matter expert.
Partner with senior leadership on varied strategic technology and corporate initiatives.

Requirements

Strong technical skills meeting or exceeding the company's software engineering hiring bar.
Fluency with frontier intelligence tools such as Perplexity Computer.
Exceptional ability and a 99th-percentile work ethic.
Strong communication and writing skills, ideally demonstrated through prior written work.
Ability to quickly develop deep expertise in unfamiliar fields.
Excellent judgment, integrity, discretion, and a service-oriented approach.
Candidates may be early-career engineers, experienced engineers, or lawyers and economists who have maintained strong engineering skills.
Candidates planning to attend law school or a PhD program must commit to at least two years; new graduates are welcome.

Salary: $200k - $350k/yr

Perplexity

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

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