Frontend Engineer (AI Tooling)

Key Skills

Algorithms, Framework, Large Language Models - LLMs, Next.JS, React.js, TypeScript

Job Description

Perplexity is looking for an experienced Front End Engineer to join our team revolutionizing the way people search and interact with the internet. You will be responsible for building UI to enable Software 3.0: creating native AI products with data. You will work on the cutting edge of LLM data, training, and evaluation tooling.

Our frontend stack is NextJS, TypeScript, and Tailwind. The ideal candidate should have strong programming skills, an interest in search and large language models, and a passion for building tools that increase the speed of iteration and quality of LLMS.

Responsibilities

• Developing new user interfaces for Perplexity's evolving technologies, specifically for LLM and data tooling.
• Maintaining and improving existing user interfaces for current products.
• Creating reusable component libraries that drive our internal AI tooling’s front-end.
• Leading decisions on tool usage and coding best practices.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with React and TypeScript.
• Interest in building novel AI tools and experiences.
• Proven skills in optimizing NextJS projects for peak performance.
• Familiarity with porting codebases to the latest framework features, such as RSC and streaming.
• Passion for writing reusable code.
• Thrives in a small, agile team and is willing to take ownership.
• Meticulous attention to detail.

$160,000 - $220,000 a year

Equity: In addition to the base salary, equity is part of the total compensation package.

Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan.

About Perplexity

Our mission at Perplexity is to be the world's most knowledge-centric company. We're developing a conversational interface powered by advanced language models to deliver accurate and intuitive search results. Be part of this exciting journey to reshape the future of search and technology.

Perplexity recently secured $25.6M in Series A funding, led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA). Other participants include Databricks Ventures and notable individual investors such as former Color CEO Elad Gil, former GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, Google AI SVP Jeff Dean, and former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki. Read more about the announcement here.