Member of Technical Staff (Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI)

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Design, build and deploy end-to-end integrations between Perplexity and enterprise systems (data platforms, internal tools, SaaS applications), translating business workflows into production-grade AI systems
• ▹Work directly with customer teams to embed AI into existing processes, owning deployments from initial architecture through production rollout and ongoing optimization
• ▹Develop and operationalize integrations using APIs, event-driven architectures and workflow orchestration, including deploying Perplexity Computer for multi-step, agent-driven workflows
• ▹Design and build production systems that combine retrieval, reasoning and execution across enterprise environments, applying deep LLM expertise to drive performance, security and customer impact
• ▹Debug and resolve issues across APIs, infrastructure and external dependencies, ensuring reliability, performance and scalability in production
• ▹Prototype new integration patterns and build reusable architectures that accelerate adoption across customers
• ▹Partner with Sales and Product to unlock new use cases, drive expansion and translate deployment learnings into product and platform improvements

Requirements

• ▹5+ years of experience in software engineering, forward deployed engineering, solutions engineering or similar roles, with a track record of building and shipping production systems in customer-facing environments
• ▹Strong programming ability in Python (plus one of JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, etc.) with experience developing integrations, prototypes and scalable applications
• ▹Deep experience with APIs and distributed systems, including authentication, latency optimization and debugging across complex, multi-system environments
• ▹Production experience building LLM-powered systems, including prompt engineering, agent workflows, evaluation and deploying AI systems at scale
• ▹Proven ability to design and implement automated, end-to-end workflows that integrate across enterprise systems and replace manual processes
• ▹High ownership and ability to operate in ambiguous environments, with strong system design, rapid prototyping skills and end-to-end execution
• ▹Excellent communication and collaboration skills, working cross-functionally with both technical teams and executive stakeholders

Nice to have

• ▹Experience with search systems, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) or AI/ML APIs
• ▹Background in developer tools, platform engineering or high-scale/low-latency system design
• ▹History of working at startups or small teams, owning customer projects end-to-end
• ▹Experience with enterprise IT systems or AI deployment patterns in regulated industries (finance, healthcare, life sciences)

Soft skills