# JD for Member of Technical Staff

**Company:** [Perplexity](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/perplexity)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $200k – $400k/yr
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** Rust, Kotlin, Swift, TypeScript, Chromium, Native Applications, UI Design, App Performance
**Posted:** 2026-07-02

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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

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