Perplexity

Lead Design Engineer – Growth & Marketing

Perplexity

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Francisco • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $250,000 - $385,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Work directly with the designers, marketers, and engineers to bring beautiful and impactful introductory web experiences to life.
  • Work with and improve the tools that enable effective marketing sites like our CMS, design system, i18n process, SEO/AEO, a/b testing.
  • Always be thinking about how to improve design quality, fit & finish, and team velocity.

Requirements

  • Experience building and maintaining high traffic web experiences for marketing or similar purposes
  • Genuine interest in collaborating with marketing and brand design—how can we effectively tell the story or Perplexity?
  • Strong coding fundamentals, and some experience working across the stack.
  • Knowledgeable about web design and UI patterns at scale
  • Passion for prototyping, experimentation, and creating accessible experiences
  • Extreme ownership mindset
  • Takes pride in getting the small details right
  • 8+ years of industry experience with 4+ years in a design/marketing engineering
Benefits
  • Full-time U.S. employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits program including equity, health, dental, vision, retirement, fitness, commuter and dependent care accounts, and more.
  • Full-time employees outside the U.S. enjoy a comprehensive benefits program tailored to their region of residence.
  • USD salary ranges apply only to U.S.-based positions. International salaries are set based on the local market.
  • Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
coding fundamentalsweb designUI patternsprototypingA/B testingSEOCMSi18n processfull stack development
Soft Skills
collaborationstorytellingattention to detailextreme ownershipteam velocitydesign qualityexperimentationpassion for accessibility