Research high-stakes policy and regulatory issues using AI agents.
Build automated platforms for harvesting, prioritizing, and patenting company inventions in collaboration with AI researchers and intellectual property attorneys.
Work with the Legal team 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 internal software solutions for recruiting, labor compliance, and performance management.
Represent the company as a technical subject-matter expert in meetings with government officials, international partners, and civil society.
Partner with senior leaders as a creative problem solver across strategic company initiatives.
Requirements
Strong technical skills meeting or exceeding Perplexity'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 samples of prior written work.
Curiosity, adaptability, and the ability to quickly develop expertise in unfamiliar fields.
Sound judgment, integrity, and discretion.
A service-oriented approach to improving company systems and processes.
Early-career engineers, experienced engineers, and lawyers or economists with maintained engineering skills are all considered; new graduates are welcome.
Candidates planning to attend law school or a PhD program must commit to at least two years, applying for the entering class of 2028 or later.
Salary: $220k - $405k/yr
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