Perplexity
AI Frontier · AI search
- HQ
- San Francisco, US
- Founded
- 2022
- Size
- 200+
- Website
- perplexity.ai
Products
Currently tracking 30 active AI roles, up 77% versus the prior 4 weeks. Primary focus: Agent · Engineering. Salary range $175k–$485k (avg $328k).
AI Frontier · AI search
| Title | Stage | AI score |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering Manager (AI Research & Model Training) Engineering Manager for AI Research & Model Training at Perplexity, leading a team to develop and train state-of-the-art large language models using advanced techniques like RL, SFT, and preference-based methods. The role involves owning data, training, and evaluation pipelines, and integrating models into products, requiring significant experience in large-scale AI model development and team leadership. | Post-trainData | 9 |
| Member of Technical Staff (AI Research Lead) AI Research Lead at Perplexity to drive research strategy and lead development of in-house Online LLMs (Sonar models). Role involves setting macro research direction across modalities, mentoring researchers, and scaling model performance using query/answer datasets. |
| 9 |
| Member of Technical Staff (AI Researcher) AI Research Scientist/Engineer at Perplexity focused on advancing AI-powered search and agent experiences. The role involves post-training SOTA LLMs using SFT/DPO/GRPO, leveraging query/answer datasets, and developing in-house improvements. Responsibilities include owning full-stack data, training, and evaluation pipelines, building robust training frameworks, and integrating models into the product suite. Experience with large-scale LLMs, Deep Learning, Python/PyTorch, and post-training techniques is required. Nice-to-haves include PhD, experience with agent systems, and personalization. | Post-trainAgent | 9 |