Member Of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Backend Platform)
perplexity
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80 ptsPerplexity is currently seeking a highly skilled individual to join their team as a Member of Technical Staff, specifically as a Software Engineer for their Backend Platform. This role is based in San Francisco and offers a unique opportunity to work with a high-impact team that plays a crucial role in the company's product reliability, scalability, and performance. The Backend Platform team is responsible for building and maintaining critical infrastructure, including backend systems for authentication, authorization, real-time data flows, service orchestration, and sandboxing, to ensure fast, reliable, and secure user experiences.
As a key member of this team, the successful candidate will be responsible for leading the design and implementation of the sandboxing platform, defining and extending authorization primitives, owning key backend services involved in authentication and encryption flows, and setting the technical bar for backend platform design and operations. They will also partner with product and AI teams to define clear platform interfaces, SLAs, and integration patterns, and provide technical leadership across the backend platform area. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background and experience in designing and implementing scalable and reliable backend systems.
Perplexity offers a unique work environment that values innovation, reliability, and performance. As a member of the Backend Platform team, the successful candidate will have the opportunity to work on high-impact projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to the company's mission to build a robust and well-architected foundation for product innovation. The company is committed to setting rigorous standards for code quality, uptime, and performance, and the successful candidate will be expected to drive best practices in reliability, observability, and incident response for always-on systems.
Sobre a área de Desenvolvimento
A área de Desenvolvimento de Software é uma das mais dinâmicas e em constante evolução no mercado de trabalho. Profissionais dessa área são responsáveis por criar, manter e otimizar aplicações web, mobile e desktop que impactam milhões de usuários diariamente.
As principais linguagens e frameworks incluem JavaScript (React, Node.js, Vue.js), Python (Django, Flask), Java (Spring), PHP (Laravel) e TypeScript. A demanda por desenvolvedores full-stack continua crescendo, especialmente em empresas de tecnologia e startups.
Salários variam de R$ 3.000 (júnior) a R$ 20.000+ (sênior), com oportunidades crescentes para trabalho remoto e freelance internacional.