Perplexity
Technology
MemberofTechnicalStaff(SoftwareEngineer,ComputerGrowth)
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“Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Computer Growth) at Perplexity. Skills: Growth engineering, Applied AI, Full-stack development. Design growth surfaces. Build growth surfaces”
What You'll Achieve.
Drive adoption; Build lasting habits; Personalize value discovery; Ship contextual onboarding; Connect AI to outcomes; Achieve measurable adoption; Achieve revenue outcomes; Increase activation rate; Increase paid conversion; Increase retention; Increase habit formation
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting; Data-driven decision making
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
2+ years software engineering experience, Full-stack engineering skills, Comfort with modern web stack, Comfort with SQL, Genuine interest in AI products, Willingness to learn quickly
Nice to Have
Experience on growth team, Experience training ML models, Experience with SEO, Familiarity with subscription billing, Experience shipping for consumer/enterprise, Startup experience, Familiarity with mobile development
What You'll Do.
Design growth surfaces
Build growth surfaces
Lead experiments end-to-end
Ship many experiments
Learn quickly from experiments
Build applied AI systems
Personalize value discovery
Ship AI-driven onboarding
Ship AI-driven recommendations
Launch vertical-specific experiences
Connect AI to outcomes
Hill-climb on metrics
Instrument with clean data
Partner with Data Science
Partner with Monetization
Partner with Marketing
Partner with Applied AI
Translate behavioral signals
Translate model outputs
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional teams; Product collaboration; Design collaboration; Data Science collaboration; Monetization collaboration; Marketing collaboration; Applied AI collaboration
Process & Methodology
Experimentation management
Full Job Description
In 2026, we launched Computer, the defining product for the new era of agentic AI. Millions of people now use Perplexity to transform knowledge into action, and the Growth team owns the product loops that help them discover, adopt, and build lasting habits around our most important AI experiences. As a growth engineer at Perplexity, you'll work across the full funnel — activation, onboarding, SEO, lifecycle, conversion, retention, and paid upgrade moments — while also building the applied AI systems that make those experiences smarter. Engineers are responsible for end-to-end projects from training and productionizing classifiers to identify high-intent users, personalizing value discovery, shipping contextual onboarding experiments, or wiring new AI capabilities into measurable adoption and revenue outcomes. Growth at Perplexity goes beyond incremental funnel optimization. The team sits close to the core product - we translate behavioral signals, model outputs, and fast experimentation into durable product surfaces used across consumer and enterprise workflows. You'll move fast, run many experiments in parallel, and own the outcome end-to-end. Tech Stack: TypeScript | Next.js | React | Python | PostgreSQL | Eppo | AWS WHY PERPLEXITY IS DIFFERENT - Craftsmanship. We build high quality, tasteful products targeting both the AI native and AI curious. - Ownership. You identify the problem, design the solution and ship it. - Entrepreneurship. We think like founders, act with urgency, and hustle to deliver for each other and our users. - Scholarship. Work among highly talented peers, pursuing knowledge and truth, upleveling ourselves, our teams, and our products. - Partnership. We amplify each others' strengths, break down silos, and give selflessly to help our colleagues deliver excellence. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Design, build, and own growth surfaces across the full funnel — activation, onboarding, SEO, lifecycle, conversion, retention, and paid upgrade moments — for Computer
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