Frontend Software Engineer, Perplexity AI

$180-300k

+ Equity

React

AWS

Docker

TypeScript

Python

Mid and Senior level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

Conversational AI-powered search tool

Be an early applicant

Conversational AI-powered search tool

21-100 employees

B2CArtificial IntelligenceDeep TechMachine Learning

Be an early applicant

$180-300k

+ Equity

React

AWS

Docker

TypeScript

Python

Mid and Senior level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

21-100 employees

B2CArtificial IntelligenceDeep TechMachine Learning

Company mission

To advance the way people discover and share information.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Strong coding fundamentals, and some experience working across the stack
Ability to build foundations that others can build on top of
Experience with highly interactive React applications using strongly typed code
Knowledgeable about design and UI patterns at scale
Passion for prototyping, experimentation, and creating accessible experiences
Extreme ownership mindset
Takes pride in getting the small details right
4+ years of industry experience

What the job involves

Perplexity is seeking an experienced Frontend-focused Engineer to help revolutionize the way people search and interact online. In this role, you'll be developing the future of AI products
Develop new UX patterns to solve for user experience in an AI world
Work with and improve the components that form the building blocks of Perplexity's frontend
Iterate closely with design to prototype and implement new features
Create scalable UX solutions in a rapidly evolving space
Analyze performance and reliability of features in a realtime, non-deterministic application

Our take

As artificial intelligence 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 10 million monthly visits, Perplexity's "ask anything" method of search is clearly a popular one. 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.

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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

Glassdoor (4.6)

Trustpilot (1.7)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)

Jul 2025

$100m

LATE VC

May 2025

$500m

LATE VC

Total funding: $1.5bn

Company benefits

Equity
Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
401(k)
Generous home-office stipend

Company HQ

Financial District, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Aravind Srinivas

(Co-Founder & 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)

PhD Student in AI at NYU. Former AI Research Scientist at Facebook AI Research, and Staff ML Engineer at Quora.

Johnny Ho

(Co-Founder & CSO)

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

Andy Konwinski

(Co-Founder)

Co-Founder and Advisor at Databricks. Co-Founder and General Partner at CS Graduate Ventures, and Instructor at the University of California, Berkeley.

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