Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Backend Platform)
Perplexity · Platform & Infrastructure
- Location
- San Francisco, California, United States · Palo Alto, California, United States · New York City, New York, United States
- Metro
- San Francisco Bay Area, New York City
- Workplace
- Unspecified
- Level
- Unspecified
- Type
- Full-time
- Pay
- $220K–$405K/yr (published by employer)
- Posted
- 5 months ago
- Source
- Ashby
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What the posting covers
About the Role
The Backend Platform team is the backbone of Perplexity’s product reliability, scalability, and performance, enabling every product and AI team to build with confidence. This high‑impact group builds and maintains critical infrastructure, including backend…
Key Responsibilities
Lead the design and implementation of our sandboxing platform to safely execute untrusted and user‑generated code while meeting strict performance and reliability requirements. Define and extend our RBAC and authorization primitives, ensuring they scale with…
Qualifications
Experience designing and building backend systems that run in production (typically 4+ years for mid-level, more for senior and staff). Strong system design skills, with a track record of creating efficient, reliable, and scalable architectures. Hands-on…
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