JD for Member of Technical Staff
Build and ship high-quality desktop and Comet applications at Perplexity AI. Requires 4+ years experience shipping native apps, strong architecture skills, and the ability to own projects across Rust, Kotlin, Swift, TypeScript and AI stacks.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Work closely with product teams to implement novel mobile experiences.
- Work closely with design teams to design fast and intuitive UI.
- Utilize Perplexity Computer and other Agentic coding tools to accelerate development.
- Collaborate with data science and machine learning teams to instrument, analyze, and improve the end-to-end experience.
- Work with infrastructure and QA teams on deployment processes, including testing, release, and monitoring.
Requirements
- 4+ years industry experience
- Experience in shipping high-quality native applications
- Architecture experience in writing code understandable by both agents and humans
- Deep understanding of app performance
- Ability to own projects and surfaces, and to push them forward proactively
Nice-to-Haves
- Strong programming skills across multiple codebases
- Experience with Rust, Kotlin, Swift, Typescript, Chromium, or Perplexity’s core AI stack
Skills
Rust, Kotlin, Swift, TypeScript, Chromium, Native Applications, UI Design, App Performance
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