Member of Technical Staff (Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI)

About the Company

Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine built to serve the world’s curiosity with fast, trustworthy answers grounded in the live web and backed by clear citations. It combines multiple leading models with real-time search to synthesize up-to-date, source-linked responses instead of traditional search results.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and deploy end-to-end integrations between Perplexity and enterprise systems
• Work directly with customer teams to embed AI into existing processes, owning deployments from architecture through production
• Develop and operationalize integrations using APIs, event-driven architectures, and workflow orchestration
• Design production systems combining retrieval, reasoning, and execution across enterprise environments
• Debug and resolve issues across APIs, infrastructure, and external dependencies
• Prototype new integration patterns and build reusable architectures
• Partner with Sales and Product to unlock new use cases and translate learnings into product improvements

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, forward deployed engineering, or solutions engineering
• Strong programming ability in Python and experience with JavaScript/TypeScript or Java
• Deep experience with APIs and distributed systems
• Production experience building LLM-powered systems, including prompt engineering and agent workflows
• Proven ability to design and implement automated, end-to-end workflows
• High ownership and ability to operate in ambiguous environments
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills for engaging technical and executive stakeholders

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with search systems, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), or AI/ML APIs
• Background in developer tools, platform engineering, or high-scale/low-latency system design
• History of working at startups or small teams
• Experience with enterprise IT systems or AI deployment in regulated industries