Job Description
Perplexity is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Sonar engineering team. This team is responsible for the AI-powered search API that is fueling one of Perplexity's fastest-growing revenue streams. The Engineering Manager will provide engineering leadership, set standards, oversee onboarding, collaborate with other teams, and develop interview pipelines.
Responsibilities:
- Provide engineering leadership across multiple layers of a rapidly growing product.
- Set standards for reliability, code quality, testing, and maintenance.
- Oversee onboarding and ensure code quality for a growing team.
- Collaborate closely with AI research and Search teams.
- Develop rigorous interview pipelines and work closely with recruiting to source candidates.
Qualifications:
- Ability to design reusable and scalable systems and processes.
- Ability to constructively identify technical debt.
- Ability to cleanly resolve engineering blockers.
- Strong organizational skills for managing and delivering parallel technical projects.
- Experience working with multiple small teams of engineers.
- Experience leveraging the right combination of open source and in-house solutions.
- Familiarity with AI/ML capabilities and limitations.
- 8+ years of engineering experience.
- 4+ years of engineering management experience.
Perplexity offers:
- Equity
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan