Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Computer Growth)

## Responsibilities - Design, build, and own growth surfaces across the full funnel — activation, onboarding, SEO, lifecycle, conversion, retention, and paid upgrade moments — for Computer and every Perplexity product. - Lead experiments end-to-end, from hypothesis and instrumentation through implementation, analysis, and rollout, shipping many in parallel and learning quickly from each. - Build applied AI systems that power growth: classifiers for high-intent segments, personalization for value discovery, and AI-driven onboarding and recommendation surfaces. - Launch vertical-specific experiences (e.g., students, enterprise organizations) that connect new AI capabilities to measurable adoption and revenue outcomes. - Hill-climb on the metrics that matter: activation rate, paid conversion, retention, and habit formation, instrumented with clean data and trustworthy experiment readouts. - Partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, Monetization, Marketing, and Applied AI to translate behavioral signals and model outputs into durable product surfaces. ## Requirements - 2+ years of professional software engineering experience (we're open to strong junior and mid-level candidates with a track record of shipping). - Full-stack engineering skills, with comfort across a modern web stack (we use Next.js, React, TypeScript on the frontend and Python on the backend). - Strong execution: you ship many experiments and product improvements in parallel and drive them to a clear outcome. - Familiarity with A/B testing and experimentation platforms (Eppo, Statsig, Optimizely, or in-house equivalents). - Comfort with SQL and data-informed decision-making — you can pull, segment, and interpret your own funnel data. - Strong product judgment; you translate user behavior and growth opportunities into simple, effective technical solutions. - Self-motivated with strong ownership instincts; you propose experiments, ship features ahead of schedule, and drive improvements without asking for permission. - Genuine interest and adoption of AI products and willingness to learn quickly. ## Nice to Have - Direct experience on a growth, activation, conversion, retention, or lifecycle team at a consumer or PLG/self-serve SaaS company. - Experience training and productionizing ML models (classifiers, ranking, personalization) and connecting them to product surfaces. - Experience with SEO, lifecycle marketing tooling, or paid acquisition surfaces. - Familiarity with subscription and/or usage based billing products, paywalls, or paid upgrade experimentation. - Experience shipping for both consumer and enterprise audiences. - Time spent at a fast-growing startup or on a high-ownership engineering team. - Familiarity with mobile development - Swift/Objective-C/Kotlin/Java, in-app payments, mobile release cycles, Apple App Store and/or Google Play Store guidelines, and rollout monitoring ## Benefits - 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.