Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Comet and Native Apps)

Perplexity

San Francisco💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-15 → 2026-07-31

Core

Building high-impact Comet and native mobile applications that reshape knowledge work.

Role type

Senior Generalist Software Engineer (Mobile & Native Apps)

Builds

Comet and Perplexity native mobile applications

Domain

AI-powered knowledge work, mobile development

Deliverable

product features

Required skills

Chromium, Rust, Kotlin, Swift, Typescript, native app architecture, app performance optimization, project ownership

Preferred skills

experience with Agentic coding tools, collaboration with data science and ML teams

Technologies

Chromium, Rust, Kotlin, Swift, Typescript, Perplexity core AI stack

Responsibilities

Implement novel mobile experiences with product teams, design fast and intuitive UIs with design teams, utilize Agentic coding tools to accelerate development, collaborate with data science and ML teams to improve end-to-end experience, work with infrastructure and QA teams on deployment, testing, release, and monitoring

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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## Job Title Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Comet and Native Apps) ## Description Perplexity AI is looking for experienced Generalist Software Engineers to join our Comet and Perplexity native application teams. Our team is reshaping knowledge work through our high-impact Comet and Computer native apps. ## Responsibilities - Work closely with product teams to implement novel mobile experiences. - Work closely with design teams to design fast and intuitive UI. - Utilize Perplexity Computer and other Agentic coding tools to accelerate development. - Collaborate with data science and machine learning teams to instrument, analyze, and improve the end-to-end experience. - Work with infrastructure and QA teams on deployment processes, including testing, release, and monitoring. ## Requirements - 4+ years industry experience - Experience in shipping high-quality native applications - Architecture experience in writing code understandable by both agents and humans - Deep understanding of app performance - Ability to own projects and surfaces, and to push them forward proactively ## Nice to Have ## Benefits

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