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)
• ▹Work directly with customer teams to embed AI into existing processes, owning deployments from initial architecture through production rollout
• ▹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
• ▹Debug and resolve issues across APIs, infrastructure, and external dependencies
• ▹Prototype new integration patterns and build reusable architectures that accelerate adoption across customers
• ▹Partner with Sales and Product to unlock new use cases and drive expansion

Requirements

• ▹5+ years of experience in software engineering, forward deployed engineering, or solutions engineering, with a track record of shipping production systems in customer-facing environments
• ▹Strong programming ability in Python (plus one of JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, etc.)
• ▹Deep experience with APIs and distributed systems, including authentication and latency optimization
• ▹Production experience building LLM-powered systems, including prompt engineering, agent workflows, and evaluation
• ▹Proven ability to design and implement automated, end-to-end workflows that integrate across enterprise systems
• ▹High ownership and ability to operate in ambiguous environments, with strong system design and rapid prototyping skills
• ▹Excellent communication and collaboration skills, engaging both technical 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 in regulated industries (finance, healthcare, life sciences)

Soft skills

About the company

Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine that combines multiple leading models with real-time web search to deliver source-linked answers, and is rolling out Computer, a general-purpose AI worker for end-to-end workflows.