Full Stack Software Engineer - Special Projects

1 Month ago • 3 Years + • Full Stack Development • $180,000 PA - $240,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

The Full Stack Software Engineer will be part of the Special Projects team, focused on building 0-1 products that redefine the future of search. This role involves delivering new consumer experiences, transforming how people search the web, and finding answers. The engineer will own projects end-to-end, ship quickly, and overcome obstacles. Responsibilities include delivering high-quality customer experiences, building new products, collaborating with teams to ship products, launching new features, analyzing performance metrics, and creating user journeys for various demographics.
Must have:
  • Experience with Python, Docker, Kubernetes, NextJS, and React
  • Familiarity with building with developer APIs
  • Self-motivated with ownership of tasks
  • Good quantitative understanding of data and experimentation
  • Experience running A/B tests with experimentation platforms
  • Passion for shipping quality products
Good to have:
  • Experience running A/B tests with experimentations platforms (Eppo, StatSig)
  • Previously founded and scaled a startup
Perks:
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k) plan

Job Details

Special Projects is a team dedicated to building 0-1 products that redefine the future of search. Our mandate is to iterate fast, deliver high quality experiences, and reinvent the role of AI in search, social media, and personal computing.

By joining the Special Projects team, you will be given extreme ownership to deliver new consumer experiences and transform how people search the web and find answers. You will be expected to own projects end to end, to ship fast, and work through obstacles.

We are looking for a talented Full Stack Engineer to join our team to help reinvent the future of search and AI assistants. Our current stack is Python, Docker, Kubernetes, NextJS, and React. 

In this role, you'll work on various projects that combine bleeding edge AI, consumer apps, and multi-modal capabilities (text, voice, image, video).

Responsibilities

  • Extreme ownership in delivering high quality customer experiences
  • Building new 0-1 products with high scale
  • Working closely with Special Projects, AI, and Data to ship novel products and capabilities to millions of users
  • Launching new features, experiments, campaigns, and partnerships with massive consumer companies in a fast-moving environment
  • Collect and analyze performance metrics and user feedback to identify opportunities for improvements, optimizations, and new ways people are interacting with AI
  • Building delightful and data-proven user journeys for all types of consumer demographics

Qualifications

  • Experience with Python, Docker, Kubernetes, NextJS, and React
  • Familiarity with building with developer APIs and running through works in ambiguity
  • Self-motivated with a willingness to take ownership of tasks
  • Good quantitative understanding of data and experimentation
  • Experience running A/B tests with experimentations platforms (Eppo, StatSig)
  • A passion for shipping quality products
  • 3+ years of industry experience
  • (Not required but ideal) previously founded and scaled a startup

The cash compensation range for this role is $180,000 - $240,000.

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.

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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