UK Internship Program

3 Weeks ago • All levels

Job Summary

Job Description

Perplexity is offering an internship program for exceptional Master’s and PhD students (or recent graduates) in AI or Computer Science in the UK. The selected interns will work directly with the AI Inference team to support the inference engines behind Perplexity's models. The program provides valuable experience in a rapidly growing AI startup, with potential for a full-time position at the end. Responsibilities include improving serving latency and throughput, supporting new models, accelerating inference, and optimizing inference across the stack.
Must have:
  • Pursuing a Master's or PhD in Computer Science with focus on AI or Performance
  • Experience with ML frameworks (Torch, JAX)
  • Experience with GPU programming (CUDA, Triton)
  • Experience with High-Performance Computing (OpenMPI)

Job Details

Perplexity is excited to announce the Internship Program for exceptional Master’s and PhD students (or recent graduates) in AI or Computer Science in the UK. This is an intensive program in which you will work directly with our AI Inference team to support the inference engines serving the models behind Perplexity. This program offers a unique opportunity to gain valuable experience in a rapidly growing AI startup. Outstanding performers might be offered a full time position at the end of the program.

Responsibilities

  • Work with the inference team to improve serving latency and throughput
  • Bring up support for new models and accelerate inference for existing ones
  • Optimize inference across the entire stack, from GPU kernels to serving endpoints

Qualifications

  • Pursuing a Master's or PhD (or recently graduated) in Computer Science with a focus on Artificial Intelligence or Performance
  • Experience with ML frameworks (Torch, JAX) 
  • Experience with GPU programming (CUDA, Triton)
  • Experience with High-Performance Computing (OpenMPI)

Schedule

  • Internship program: 7 July- 3 October 2025 (13 weeks), full-time or part-time, in-person in London office (hybrid schedule: 3 days from the office, 2 days WFH)

Interview Process

  • Fill out the application on Perplexity website
  • If selected, People Ops and technical interviews will be involved.
  • Offer. We’re impressed! We’d love to welcome you to our Internship program!
  • Start. We have a desk waiting for you in our London office! 

Compensation

  • £35-40/h gross
  • Laptop is provided

FAQ

Do you sponsor visas? Can I apply if I need a visa to work in the UK?

→ Unfortunately we are unable to sponsor visas

What if I’m on a student visa?

→ You need to seek approval from your University (to determine if you are eligible to work full time or part time only) 

How many internship spots are there?

  • We have spots for 2-3 interns in our 2025 class.

Is housing provided?

  • Unfortunately we cannot provide housing. 

Is health insurance provided?

  • Unfortunately we cannot provide health insurance for interns. Full time employees receive full health insurance and benefits.

How many full time offers are available at the end of the residency

  • There is no limit. All outstanding performers will be given a full time offer!

At Perplexity, we've experienced tremendous growth and adoption since publicly launching the world's first fully functional conversational answer engine in 2022. We've grown from answering 2.5 million questions per day at the start of 2024 to around 20 million daily queries in December 2024. We also offer Perplexity Enterprise Pro, which counts leading companies like Nvidia, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Bridgewater, and Zoom as customers.

To support our rapid expansion, we've raised significant funding from some of the most respected technology investors. Our investor base includes IVP, NEA, Jeff Bezos, NVIDIA, Databricks, Bessemer Venture Partners, Elad Gil, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Naval Ravikant, Tobi Lutke, and many other visionary individuals. In 2024, our employee base grew nearly 300%, and we're just getting started.

Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including, experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

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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.

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