Android Engineer, Perplexity AI

Comet

$200-400k

Salary in US currency, may vary in other locations + Equity for eligible roles

Gradle

Android

Kotlin

Flow

Chromium

Mid and Senior level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

3-4 days a week in office

Conversational AI-powered search tool

Open for applications

Conversational AI-powered search tool

1001+ employees

B2CArtificial IntelligenceDeep TechMachine Learning

Open for applications

$200-400k

Salary in US currency, may vary in other locations + Equity for eligible roles

Gradle

Android

Kotlin

Flow

Chromium

Mid and Senior level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

3-4 days a week in office

1001+ employees

B2CArtificial IntelligenceDeep TechMachine Learning

Company mission

To advance the way people discover and share information.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

The ideal candidate should have strong programming skills, an interest in AI and large language models, and a passion for delivering a great UX backed by a quality UI
4+ years industry experience
Expertise in Jetpack Compose, Kotlin Coroutines and Flow
Strong Android fundamentals and a proven track record of working with a modern Android stack built in Kotlin
Understands how to manage performance and speed
(Preferred) Deep experience with Gradle, JNI, Kotlinization of codebases and tooling in large codebases
(Preferred) Experience with Chromium development for Android
Comfortable working with a small, fast-moving team, must be willing to dive in and take ownership
A passion for shipping

What the job involves

Perplexity AI is looking for an experienced Android Engineer to join our small team revolutionizing the way people browse the Internet
You will be responsible for building and expanding Comet for Android - Perplexity’s new browser
Develop a performant native Android app that millions of users around the world enjoy using
Ensure a high craft and quality bar, both in the user experience and the developer experience
Work closely with design teams to design fast and intuitive UI
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

Our take

As AI continues to drive changes in both business operations and day-to-day lives, Perplexity AI delivers an intelligent search engine powered by conversational AI, to improve search outcomes and "unlock the power of knowledge" for all.

Reaching impressive heights of 22M monthly visits, Perplexity's "ask anything" method of search is clearly a popular one. And what sets it apart from other search engines is in its answers, which are concise and fully cited, responding to the user query rather than simply providing a place in which they can scroll to find it themselves.

The company has raised substantial funding, with contributions from former execs at companies like OpenAI, Meta, and Quora, demonstrating the interest that it has drummed up in the space. Having doubled its annual recurring revenue between 2023 and 24, this investment will allow Perplexity AI to continue building out its product, and accelerate growth into the future.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

Glassdoor (4.6)

Trustpilot (1.6)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)

Sep 2025

$200m

LATE VC

Jul 2025

$100m

LATE VC

Total funding: $1.7bn

Company HQ

Financial District, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Aravind Srinivas

(Co-Founder, President & CEO)

Former Research Scientist at OpenAI, who has interned in Research at Google and Deep Mind. Obtained a PhD in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Denis Yarats

(Co-Founder & CTO)

Prior to co-founding Perplexity in 2022, Denis was an AI Research Scientist at Facebook AI Research, a Staff ML Engineer at Quora, and a Software Development Engineer at Microsoft.

Johnny Ho

(Co-Founder & CSO)

Previously a Quantitative Trader at Tower Research Capital, and Engineer at Quora.

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