Agentic Payments Software 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 Gil, 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 is seeking an experienced Software Engineer to design and implement our next-generation billing systems. This is an opportunity to join a fast-growing startup and help revolutionize the way people search and interact online.

Tech Stack: Stripe | Python | Docker | AWS | Postgresql

Responsibilities

• Spearhead new feature development to enable Perplexity’s growing billing needs
• Drive continuous improvements to the reliability, performance, accuracy, and security of our billing system
• Collaborate with peers across engineering, finance, and data science teams to ensure precise measurement and reporting
• Collaborate with security and privacy teams to build secure and compliant agentic checkout
• Build tools to proactively monitor user experience and improve customer success

Qualifications

• Familiarity with payment networks, card authorizations, policies, invoicing, subscriptions, disputes, and refunds
• Experience working with large amounts of data, making data-based decisions to prioritize projects, including familiarity with relational and non-relational databases and modern data warehousing
• Strong programming skills with the ability to work across the full stack
• Proven track record in similar billing roles
• Self-motivated with a willingness to take ownership of tasks
• A passion for shipping quality products
• 4+ years of industry experience

Nice to haves

• 2+ years experience using the Stripe APIs and SDKs
• Experience working with Apple and Google Play billing processes
• Experience with growth experimentation
• Full Stack experience

Our cash compensation range for this role is $180,000 - $260,000.

Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including, experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
 
Equity: In addition to the base salary, equity may be part of the total compensation package.
Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan.