Software Engineer (Frontend)
Engineering
remote: New York City
Salary range $160,000 - $220,000
added Thu Sep 21, 2023
Apply to Perplexity AIPerplexity is looking for an experienced Front End Engineer to join our small team revolutionizing the way people search and interact with the internet. You will be responsible for building UI for the future of how people ask questions and find information.
Our frontend stack is NextJS and TypeScript. The ideal candidate should have strong programming skills, an interest in search and large language models, and a passion for delivering blazing fast web experiences backed by the latest frontend technologies.
Responsibilities:
- You will develop new UIs for Perplexity's evolving technologies
- You will maintain and iterate on the existing UIs for Perplexity's current products
- You will develop the reusable component libraries that power Perplexity's front end
- You will drive decisions around what tools we use and how we can write good code together
Requirements:
- A proven track record of working with NextJS
- Understands how to optimize NextJS projects for maximum performance
- Familiarity with porting existing codebases to the latest framework features (e.g. RSC, streaming)
- Enjoys writing reusable code
- Comfortable working with a small, fast-moving team, must be willing to dive in and take ownership
- Obsession about shipping and attention to detail
- (Nice to Have): 4+ years industry experience
$160,000 - $220,000 a year
Compensation and Benefits
Perplexity AI’s compensation package consists of: salary, equity, and benefits.
- The expected base salary range for this position is $160K-$220K
- Equity - On top of this position's salary, equity will be a component of the total compensation.
- Benefits - Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents.
- 401(k)
Perplexity recently raised a $25.6M Series A led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with participation from Databricks Ventures and amazing individual investors like former GitHub CEO, Nat Friedman, Color Health Founder, Elad Gil, Google AI SVP, Jeff Dean and Former President of Microsoft, Bob Muglia. More about the announcement can be found HERE.
Perplexity AI is on a mission to revolutionize the way people search and interact with the internet. We are creating a powerful conversational interface that harnesses the power of large language models to deliver more accurate and intuitive search results. Join us and help shape the future of search and AI technology.