Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Desktop Apps)
At a glance
Senior Software Engineering role at Perplexity. San Francisco · full-time · $200,000–$400,000 base.
techroles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Develop new mobile features with product teams and work with designers to make the interface quick and easy to use
- Accelerate implementation with Perplexity Computer and other agent-based coding tools
- Partner with data science and machine learning colleagues to track and improve the experience from start to finish
- Coordinate with infrastructure and QA on deployment, testing, release and monitoring
What you bring
- At least four years of professional software engineering experience
- Experience delivering high-quality native apps
- Architecture experience writing code that agents and people can both understand
- A deep command of app performance and the initiative to drive projects forward
Who this fits
This senior generalist role suits engineers who can move between codebases and get up to speed quickly. The job is hybrid in San Francisco.
From the employer
Perplexity is looking for experienced Generalist Software Engineers to join our Perplexity and Comet application teams. Our team is reshaping knowledge work through our high-impact desktop and Comet apps. The ideal candidate should have strong programming skills and multiple years of experience shipping high-quality, production software.
Our stack spans several different skillsets, including Rust, Kotlin, Swift, Typescript, Chromium and Perplexity’s core AI stack. We have found that our strongest engineers are capable of working across multiple codebases and ramping up quickly, and we expect the same high bar for candidates.
Responsibilities
Work closely with product teams to implement novel mobile experiences.
Work closely with design teams to design fast and intuitive UI.
Utilize Perplexity Computer and other Agentic coding tools to accelerate development.
Collaborate with data science and machine learning teams to instrument, analyze, and improve the end-to-end experience.
Work with infrastructure and QA teams on deployment processes, including testing, release, and monitoring.
Requirements
4+ years industry experience
Experience in shipping high-quality native applications
Architecture experience in writing code understandable by both agents and humans
Deep understanding of app performance
Ability to own projects and surfaces, and to push them forward proactively
Software Engineering work from LinkedIn, X, Reddit and Upwork, in one list.
Each morning you get everything that fits, strongest first.
Software Engineering$200k+
Find me workBy the team behind techroles.