Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure)

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

• Own the roadmap and technical strategy for agent-driven cloud infrastructure management
• Design and operate cloud networking fabric, including VPC architectures and private connectivity
• Architect and scale compute platforms using Kubernetes/EKS and mixed CPU/GPU fleets
• Build and maintain secure, isolated deployment topologies for multi-tenant and BYOC environments
• Implement multi-region strategies for availability, failover, and data locality
• Partner with security to deliver enterprise controls such as BYOK/KMS integrations
• Develop automation, tooling, and runbooks for predictable day-2 operations

Requirements

• 7+ years of industry experience building and operating production cloud infrastructure
• Deep experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure on AWS
• Strong background with Kubernetes/EKS and container orchestration
• Hands-on experience with cloud networking and peering (VPC peering, Transit Gateway, etc.)
• Experience operating secure, isolated environments for enterprise customers
• Proficiency with Terraform
• Strong software engineering skills in Python, Go, or Rust
• Strong debugging and incident management skills across distributed systems