Perplexity is seeking experienced Machine Learning Engineers to make Perplexity’s answer engine feel like it understands users better than they understand themselves. Different queries require different product experiences, and your job is to infer the true intent of a query and help shape the right form of the answer in a delightful and precise way.
Responsibilities
- Enhance our query understanding capabilities to provide the optimal experience for every answer.
- Collaborate cross-functionally across engineering, data science, and product teams to prioritize impactful experiments.
- Deliver end-to-end machine learning solutions to address critical product challenges.
- Own the full-stack machine learning system and optimize algorithms and infrastructure to improve query understanding.
Qualifications
- Required:
- Proven experience with large-scale LLMs and Deep Learning systems.
- Strong programming skills; versatility is a plus.
- Self-starter with a willingness to take ownership of tasks.
- Passion for solving challenging problems.
- Minimum of 2 years of experience working on relevant projects.
- Nice-to-Have:
- PhD in Machine Learning or related fields.
- Experience building distributed systems.
Compensation
The cash compensation range for this role is $200,000 - $280,000.
About Perplexity
At Perplexity, we've experienced tremendous growth and adoption since publicly launching the world's first fully functional conversational answer engine just over a year ago. Our AI-powered search assistant has:
- 10 million monthly active users as of early 2024.
- Over 1 million mobile app installs across iOS and Android.
- 500 million queries served globally in 2023 alone.
Our Growth & Funding
To support our rapid expansion, we've raised significant funding from some of the most respected investors in technology:
- January 2024: $73.6 million Series B round led by IVP, with participation from NVIDIA, Jeff Bezos' investment fund, NEA, Databricks, and other prominent firms.
- April 2024: $62.7 million Series B1 round led by Daniel Gross, valuing Perplexity at over $1 billion.
Prominent Investors
Our investor base includes:
- IVP, NEA, NVIDIA, Databricks
- Jeff Bezos, Bessemer Venture Partners
- Elad Gil, Nat Friedman, Naval Ravikant, Tobi Lutke, and many other visionary individuals.
Join us to redefine query understanding and deliver exceptional user experiences powered by cutting-edge machine learning!
