# Member of Technical Staff

**Company:** [Perplexity](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/perplexity)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** ML Engineering
**Salary:** $220k – $405k/yr
**Skills:** Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Reinforcement Learning, Multimodal Models, Playwright, Chrome Devtools Protocol, Browser Extensions, AI Agents, AI Infrastructure, Ai Evaluation
**Posted:** 2026-08-26

> Build AI agent harnesses, models, and product capabilities that enable agents to perform complex work across digital environments. The role combines applied AI research and software engineering, requiring Python proficiency, strong product judgment, and experience with agent tooling, reinforcement learning, or browser technologies.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Engineer agent harnesses that connect AI models with environments and tools to perform valuable work for users.
- Drive AI capabilities across multiple layers of an AI agents product.
- Develop and leverage AI models, infrastructure, and browser technologies to advance capability and scale.
- Maintain high standards for AI agent performance and user experience.
- Collaborate with engineers, designers, product managers, data scientists, and other partners.
- Contribute to reliability, code quality, AI evaluation, testing, and maintenance.

## Requirements
- Strong foundational familiarity with the full AI product stack.
- Proficiency in Python.
- Significant experience with at least one of the following:
  - Context engineering and tool interfaces for frontier AI models
  - Post-training and reinforcement learning, particularly for multimodal models
  - Browser technologies, including CDP, Playwright, or extension development
- Strong product intuition and commitment to excellent user experiences.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership in a small, fast-moving team.
- Passion for shipping high-quality products.

## Nice to Have
- TypeScript, Go, or Rust experience.

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