Member of Technical Staff – Forward Deployed Engineer, Applied AI

Perplexity

Forward Deployed Engineer incorporating AI into enterprise workflows and systems. Design and deploy integrations for enterprise applications and facilitate collaboration with customer teams.

Posted 4/24/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $205,000 - $335,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsJavaJavaScriptPythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and deploy end-to-end integrations between Perplexity and enterprise systems (data platforms, internal tools, SaaS applications), translating business workflows into production-grade AI systems
Work directly with customer teams to embed AI into existing processes, owning deployments from initial architecture through production rollout and ongoing optimization
Develop and operationalize integrations using APIs, event-driven architectures, and workflow orchestration, including deploying Perplexity Computer for multi-step, agent-driven workflows across tools and environments
Design and build production systems that combine retrieval, reasoning, and execution across enterprise environments, applying deep expertise in LLM capabilities, implementation patterns, and the AI stack to drive performance, security, and customer impact
Debug and resolve issues across APIs, infrastructure, and external dependencies, ensuring reliability, performance, and scalability in production
Prototype new integration patterns and build reusable architectures that accelerate adoption across customers
Partner with Sales and Product to unlock new use cases, drive expansion, and translate deployment learnings into product and platform improvements

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of experience in software engineering, forward deployed engineering, solutions engineering, or similar roles, with a track record of building and shipping production systems in customer-facing environments
Strong programming ability in Python (plus one of JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, etc.) with experience developing integrations, prototypes, and scalable applications
Deep experience with APIs and distributed systems, including authentication, latency optimization, and debugging across complex, multi-system environments
Production experience building LLM-powered systems, including prompt engineering, agent workflows, evaluation, and deploying AI systems at scale
Proven ability to design and implement automated, end-to-end workflows that integrate across enterprise systems and replace manual processes
High ownership and ability to operate in ambiguous environments, with strong system design, rapid prototyping skills, and end-to-end execution
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working cross-functionally and engaging both technical teams and executive stakeholders

Benefits

Comp & perks

equity
health
dental
vision
retirement
fitness
commuter and dependent care accounts

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptJavaAPIsdistributed systemsLLM-powered systemsprompt engineeringworkflow orchestrationproduction systems

Soft Skills

high ownershipoperating in ambiguous environmentssystem designrapid prototypingend-to-end executioncommunication skillscollaboration skillscross-functional teamworkengaging technical teamsengaging executive stakeholders