Engineering Manager (Agent Engine)

About the Position

Perplexity is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and grow our highly driven Agent Engine team. The Agent Engine team designs and builds powerful agentic experiences including Perplexity Computer, the Comet ecosystem, our Agent API, and more. In short, we build frontier intelligence systems for the world's most discerning users.

Location

• City: San Francisco
• Country: United States
• Remote: No

Employment Type

• Type: Full-time

Compensation

• Salary Range: $300K – $485K
• Equity: Included

U.S. Benefits

Full-time U.S. employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits program including equity, health, dental, vision, retirement, fitness, commuter and dependent care accounts, and more.

International Benefits

Full-time employees outside the U.S. enjoy a comprehensive benefits program tailored to their region of residence.

USD salary ranges apply only to U.S.-based positions. International salaries are set based on the local market. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership across multiple layers of a rapidly growing product in the AI agents space.
• Develop and leverage cutting-edge AI systems and related technologies to advance the capability frontier and scale those capabilities for a rapidly growing user base.
• Exercise sharp technical & product intuition to guide the team’s system architectures and product roadmaps.
• Drive product reliability, code quality, AI evaluation, testing, and maintenance for the broader team.
• Oversee hiring, onboarding, and mentorship for a rapidly growing team. Develop rigorous interview pipelines and work closely with recruiting to source candidates.
• Interface with the Perplexity co-founders to deliver strategic objectives that redefine what’s possible in the AI industry.

Requirements

• Strong foundational familiarity with the AI systems stack.
• Proficiency in Python (bonus points for TypeScript, Go, and/or Rust).
• Domain knowledge in at least one of the following areas:
  • Harness engineering
  • Agent Skills and plugin architectures
  • Model training and reinforcement learning
  • Browser technologies (CDP, Playwright, extension development, etc.)
• Strong technical intuition and taste for user experience excellence.
• Strong organizational skills for managing and delivering parallel technical projects; ability to guide highly-opinionated teams in making sound tradeoffs and prioritization decisions is critical.
• Experience managing engineering teams, including recruiting, growing, and retaining high-caliber talent.
• 8+ years of engineering experience, with at least 3 of those years as an engineering manager.

We Offer

• Competitive salary
• Equity
• Comprehensive benefits program

About the Company

Perplexity is at the forefront of AI innovation, building powerful agentic experiences for our users. We are committed to advancing the frontier of what agents can accomplish and providing excellent experiences across various environments.