Member of Technical Staff – Software Engineer (Desktop Apps)

About the role

Perplexity AI is seeking experienced Generalist Software Engineers to join its Perplexity and Comet application teams. The role focuses on building high‑impact desktop and Comet apps that reshape knowledge work, requiring strong programming skills and a track record of shipping production‑grade software.

Key responsibilities

• Work closely with product teams to implement novel mobile experiences.
• Collaborate with design teams to create fast and intuitive user interfaces.
• Utilize Perplexity Computer and other agentic coding tools to accelerate development.
• Partner with data science and machine‑learning teams to instrument, analyze, and improve the end‑to‑end experience.
• Coordinate with infrastructure and QA teams on deployment processes, including testing, release, and monitoring.

Required profile

• 4+ years of industry experience.
• Proven experience shipping high‑quality native applications.
• Architecture experience writing code understandable by both agents and humans.
• Deep understanding of application performance.
• Ability to own projects and drive them forward proactively.

Required skills

• Rust
• Kotlin
• Swift
• Typescript
• Chromium