# Member of Technical Staff

**Company:** [Perplexity](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/perplexity)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, New York, NY
**Role:** Fullstack Engineering
**Salary:** $220k – $405k/yr
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** Python, Go, Postgres, DynamoDB, AWS, TypeScript, React, Distributed Systems, Data Modeling, Billing Systems
**Posted:** 2026-06-03

> As a Member of Technical Staff on the Enterprise Platform team, you will build intelligent, user-facing products and scalable systems that enable organizations to adopt and manage AI products like Computer. You will own critical platform primitives end-to-end, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver simple, reliable product experiences.

## Job Description

## What you'll do

* Build intelligent products across onboarding, membership management, organization insights, permissions, subscriptions, billing, and usage controls.
* Build systems that help organizations manage Perplexity at scale, from first setup through expansion, making it easier for admins to onboard teams, configure features, manage usage, and understand spend.
* Collaborate closely with PM, Design, Data Science, Sales, and Enterprise customers to turn complex administrative, billing, and governance needs into simple, reliable product experiences.
* Own critical platform primitives end-to-end, from frontend admin flows to backend services, data models, billing integrations, observability, and production operations.

## Qualifications

* 4+ years of professional software engineering experience; we’re open to strong junior and mid-level candidates with a track record of shipping.
* Backend / Full Stack engineering skills, with experience in designing and building scalable and reliable distributed systems, serving high traffic and a large user base.
* Strong execution: you can take ambiguous product needs, break them down, and ship durable systems with clear customer impact.
* Experience building product or platform features that require careful data modeling, state management, backend correctness, and high-quality user experience.
* Strong product judgment; you can make complex admin, billing, and permissions workflows feel simple and intuitive.
* Self-motivated with strong ownership instincts; you identify problems, propose solutions, and drive improvements without waiting for perfect specs.
* Genuine interest in AI products and willingness to learn quickly.

## Nice to have

* Experience building enterprise SaaS products, admin consoles, membership systems, RBAC/permissions, or organization management features.
* Experience with subscriptions, billing systems, or usage-based pricing.
* Familiarity with security, compliance, or governance concerns in enterprise products.
* Experience partnering directly with Sales, Finance, Support, or enterprise customers to solve high-impact product and platform problems.
* Time spent at a fast-growing startup or on a high-ownership engineering team.

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