Member of Technical Staff (AI Software Engineer, Multimodal)

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and own product and multimodal platform systems for Perplexity
• Lead features, projects, and products end-to-end from definition to launch
• Partner closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and data scientists
• Build systems that account for the nuances of multimodal AI
• Work with client verticals to integrate new features into their stack

Requirements

• Experience building and operating production systems at scale
• Ability to work across the full stack from systems primitives to UI/UX
• Strong product judgment and ability to translate user problems into technical solutions
• Genuine interest in multimodal AI products
• Ability to implement scalable solutions for novel problems

Preferred Qualifications

• Background in realtime audio or video processing
• Experience with audio stack technologies (APMs, echo cancellation, noise reduction, AGC)
• Experience with immersive UIs integrating with realtime data
• Familiarity with Rust or C++

About the Company

Perplexity's mission is to power curiosity. We build high-quality, tasteful products that allow people to communicate with AI through voice, images, video, and other emerging modalities.