Frontend Software Engineer
Perplexity
Software Engineering
San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted on Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Perplexity is looking for a frontend engineer to join our small team revolutionizing the way people search and interact with the internet. You will be responsible for building UI for the future of how people ask questions and find information on the web.
For our frontend work, we use React, TypeScript, NextJS, React-Query, Turborepo, and TailwindCSS. The ideal candidate should understand state management patterns, React rendering process, and how to make the most of TypeScript.
Responsibilities:
- Work on core Perplexity UI/UX features
- Contribute to our component library
- Investigate and fix performance bottlenecks
- Improve frontend infrastructure
- Follow and enforce best practices
- Work with backend engineers to define API specifications
Key Qualifications:
- Have at least 4+ years of experience with React and TypeScript
- Have worked with NodeJS and ideally NextJS
- Have proactive communication skills and are ready to work in a fast-paced environment
- Are interested in the future of UI/UX and convinced that LLMs will play a crucial role in it
- Determined to build great experiences by getting the details right
- Up-to-date with the latest tech in frontend, but practical about using it
The cash compensation range for this role is $180,000 to $220,000.
At Perplexity, we've experienced tremendous growth and adoption since publicly launching the world's first fully functional conversational answer engine just over a year ago. Our AI-powered search assistant has amassed 10 million monthly active users as of early 2024, with our mobile apps installed over 1 million times across iOS and Android devices. In 2023 alone, we served over 500 million queries from users around the globe.
To support our rapid expansion, we've raised significant funding from some of the most respected investors in technology. In January 2024, we raised $73.6 million in a Series B round led by IVP, with participation from NVIDIA, Jeff Bezos' investment fund, NEA, Databricks, and other prominent firms. We followed that up with a $62.7 million Series B1 round in April 2024 led by Daniel Gross, valuing Perplexity at over $1 billion.
Our prominent investor base includes IVP, NEA, Jeff Bezos, NVIDIA, Databricks, Bessemer Venture Partners, Elad Gil, Nat Friedman, Naval Ravikant, Tobi Lutke, and many other visionary individuals.
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 is part of the total compensation package.
Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan.