Engineering Manager (AI Inference)

Job description

About the Role

We are looking for an Inference Engineering Manager to lead our AI Inference team. This is a unique opportunity to build and scale the infrastructure that powers Perplexity's products and APIs, serving millions of users with state-of-the-art AI capabilities.

You will own the technical direction and execution of our inference systems while building and leading a world-class team of inference engineers. Our current stack includes Python, PyTorch, Rust, C++, and Kubernetes. You will help architect and scale the large-scale deployment of machine learning models behind Perplexity's Comet, Sonar, Search, Deep Research products.

Why Perplexity?

• Build SOTA systems that are the fastest in the industry with cutting-edge technology

• High-impact work on a smaller team with significant ownership and autonomy

• Opportunity to build 0-to-1 infrastructure from scratch rather than maintaining legacy systems

• Work on the full spectrum: reducing cost, scaling traffic, and pushing the boundaries of inference

• Direct influence on technical roadmap and team culture at a rapidly growing company

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a high-performing team of AI inference engineers

• Develop APIs for AI inference used by both internal and external customers

• Architect and scale our inference infrastructure for reliability and efficiency

• Benchmark and eliminate bottlenecks throughout our inference stack

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