Member of Technical Staff (Model Behavior)
Perplexity · AI Research & Systems
- Location
- San Francisco, California, United States · Palo Alto, California, United States · Remote
- Metro
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Level
- Mid-level
- Type
- Full-time
- Pay
- $200K–$330K/yr (published by employer)
- Posted
- 3 months ago
- Source
- Ashby
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What the posting covers
About the Role
We're hiring software engineers for the Model Behavior team to help shape how Perplexity’s AI products behave: the style of their responses, and the way they use tools, skills, and memory. The team designs prompt and context engineering strategies to deliver…
What you'll do
Context Engineering: Design, test, and optimize the prompts, skills, tools, and memory that shape Perplexity responses across products, features, and use cases. Build self-improvement loops to steer the prompt, improve tool/skill use, and improve the ability…
Required
2 to 10+ years of experience in software engineering or research. Strong background in software engineering fundamentals, and a technical understanding of LLM-driven and agentic systems. Experience shaping LLM behavior through prompts, tool and skill design,…
Nice to have
Recent experience working on modern LLM-driven products. Experience working across teams or with external partners. Experience designing evaluations or benchmarks for AI systems.
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