Browser C++ Engineer

Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine founded in December 2022 and growing rapidly as one of the world’s leading AI platforms. Perplexity has raised over $1B in venture investment from some of the world’s most visionary and successful leaders, including Elad Gill, Daniel Gross, Jeff Bezos, Accel, IVP, NEA, Nvidia, Samsung, and many more. Our objective is to build accurate, trustworthy AI that powers decision-making for people and assistive AI wherever decisions are being made. Throughout human history, change and innovation have always been driven by curious people. Today, curious people use Perplexity to answer more than 780 million queries every month–a number that’s growing rapidly for one simple reason: everyone can be curious. 

Perplexity AI is looking for an experienced C++ Chromium Engineer to join our small team revolutionizing the way people browse the Internet. You will be responsible for building and expanding Comet - Perplexity new browser.

The ideal candidate should have strong programming skills, multiple years of experience with Chromium codebase (either Desktop or Mobile), an interest in AI and large language models, and a passion for delivering a great UX backed by a quality UI.

Responsibilities

• Develop a performant Chromium-based browser that millions of users around the world enjoy using.
• Work closely with product teams to implement novel Desktop and mobile experiences.
• Work closely with design teams to design fast and intuitive UI.
• 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
• Expertise in C++ Chromium codebase
• Enjoys the craft of building nice UI, creating a good UX, and writing code that can be reused by others
• Understands how to manage performance and speed
• Comfortable working with a small, fast-moving team, must be willing to dive in and take ownership
• A passion for shipping

Our cash compensation range for this role is $200,000 - $300,000.