Generalist Software Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Generalist Software Engineer (AI): Building and optimizing high-impact desktop and mobile applications for Perplexity and Comet with an accent on cross-platform performance and native experiences. Focus on implementing novel mobile UI, integrating AI agentic coding tools, and collaborating with ML teams to improve the end-to-end user experience.

Location: Hybrid (San Francisco, New York City) or Remote (United States), also available in Serbia

Salary: $200k – $400k (U.S. positions only)

Company

Perplexity AI is reshaping knowledge work through high-impact AI-driven search and application products.

What you will do

• Implement novel mobile experiences in collaboration with product teams.
• Design fast and intuitive user interfaces alongside design teams.
• Utilize Perplexity Computer and other agentic coding tools to accelerate development.
• Collaborate with data science and machine learning teams to instrument and improve the end-to-end experience.
• Work with infrastructure and QA teams on deployment, testing, release, and monitoring processes.

Requirements

• 4+ years of industry experience.
• Experience in shipping high-quality native applications.
• Architecture experience in writing code understandable by both agents and humans.
• Deep understanding of application performance.
• Ability to own projects and surfaces, and to push them forward proactively.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive U.S. benefits: equity, health, dental, vision, and retirement.
• Tailored benefit programs for full-time employees outside the U.S.
• Fitness, commuter, and dependent care accounts for U.S. staff.
• Opportunity to work across a diverse stack including Rust, Kotlin, Swift, TypeScript, and Chromium.