Engineering Manager - Sonar

3 Months ago • 8 Years + • Software Development & Engineering • $250,000 PA - $300,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Perplexity is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Sonar engineering team, which is an AI-powered search API. Responsibilities include providing engineering leadership across multiple layers of a rapidly growing product, setting standards for reliability, code quality, testing, and maintenance, overseeing onboarding and ensuring code quality, collaborating with AI research and Search teams, and developing interview pipelines. The ideal candidate should have 8+ years of engineering experience and 4+ years of engineering management experience. They should also be able to design reusable and scalable systems, identify technical debt, resolve engineering blockers, and manage parallel technical projects. Perplexity has experienced rapid growth, raising significant funding to support its expansion.
Must have:
  • Design reusable and scalable systems
  • Identify technical debt
  • Resolve engineering blockers
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Experience with multiple small teams
  • Leverage open source and in-house solutions
  • Familiarity with AI/ML capabilities and limitations
Good to have:
  • Experience with building public API products
Perks:
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • Equity may be part of the total compensation package

Job Details

Perplexity is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Sonar engineering team – groundbreaking, AI-powered search API that's fueling one of Perplexity's fastest-growing revenue streams.

As one of our three flagship offerings alongside Enterprise and Customer products, Sonar empowers developers worldwide to build the next generation of products on top of a best-in-class, award-winning API.

Join us at the forefront of search innovation and help shape the future of how the world discovers information. Learn more about Sonar’s impact in our recent blog post.

Responsibilities

  • Provide engineering leadership across multiple layers of a rapidly growing product.
  • Set standards for reliability, code quality, testing, and maintenance.
  • Oversee onboarding and ensure code quality for a growing team.
  • Collaborate closely with AI research and Search teams.
  • Develop rigorous interview pipelines and work closely with recruiting to source candidates.

Qualifications

  • Ability to design reusable and scalable systems and processes.
  • Ability to constructively identify technical debt.
  • Ability to cleanly resolve engineering blockers.
  • Strong organizational skills for managing and delivering parallel technical projects.
  • Experience working with multiple small teams of engineers.
  • Experience leveraging the right combination of open source and in-house solutions.
  • Familiarity with AI/ML capabilities and limitations.
  • 8+ years of engineering experience.
  • 4+ years of engineering management experience.

Preferred

  • Experience with building public API products.

Our cash compensation range for this role is $250,000 - $300,000.

At Perplexity, we've experienced tremendous growth and adoption since publicly launching the world's first fully functional conversational answer engine just over a year ago. Our AI-powered search assistant has amassed 10 million monthly active users as of early 2024, with our mobile apps installed over 1 million times across iOS and Android devices. In 2023 alone, we served over 500 million queries from users around the globe.

To support our rapid expansion, we've raised significant funding from some of the most respected investors in technology. In January 2024, we raised $73.6 million in a Series B round led by IVP, with participation from NVIDIA, Jeff Bezos' investment fund, NEA, Databricks, and other prominent firms. We followed that up with a $62.7 million Series B1 round in April 2024 led by Daniel Gross, valuing Perplexity at over $1 billion.
Our prominent investor base includes IVP, NEA, Jeff Bezos, NVIDIA, Databricks, Bessemer Venture Partners, Elad Gil, Nat Friedman, Naval Ravikant, Tobi Lutke, and many other visionary individuals.
 
Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including, experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
 
Equity: In addition to the base salary, equity may be part of the total compensation package.
Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan.
 
 

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