# Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Training Infrastructure) Source: https://realanalystjobs.com/job/member-of-technical-staff-software-engineer-training-infrastructure-perplexity-1d67d291 Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Training Infrastructure) at Perplexity, an on-site role based in San Francisco, California, USA. Experience level: 2+ Years. Pay stated in the posting: $220K to $405K. Posted on 31 October 2026, read from Perplexity's own careers page (Ashby), which RealAnalystJobs re-checks daily and removes the role when it closes. Updated 15 November 2026. ## Key facts - Company: [Perplexity](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/perplexity) - Location: San Francisco, California, USA - Work mode: On-site - Pay stated in the posting: $220K to $405K - Posted: Oct 31, 2026 - Employment type: Full time - Experience level: 2+ Years - Source: Perplexity's careers page (Ashby), re-checked daily Skills: [Python](https://realanalystjobs.com/skills/python), AWS ## About this role Perplexity is seeking software engineers to join our Training Infrastructure team. We’re responsible for the large-scale RL and agent evaluation platforms that enable Perplexity to train state-of-the-art models and optimize agent harnesses. We are full-stack engineers with a broad remit. If you join us, you’ll build the distributed systems that orchestrate AI workloads across global-scale compute infrastructure. You’ll also define novel user and agent interfaces for designing, managing, and launching experiments. You’ll create tools that make experiment results legible to humans and agents alike, enabling everything from ad-hoc experiment retrospectives to closed-loop autoresearch. And much more! A strong candidate will possess both experience and passion for solving difficult problems at the intersection of AI, distributed systems, and research acceleration. Qualifications • 2+ years of experience developing and shipping distributed systems for compute-intensive workloads, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and performance. • Proficiency in a general-purpose backend language such as Python, Rust, C++, or Go, and experience with cloud infrastructure and container orchestration, such as AWS and Kubernetes. • Familiarity with reinforcement learning (RL), agent evaluation, or ML infrastructure, and an interest in building systems that accelerate experimentation and model development. • BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Why Perplexity is different • Craftsmanship . We build high quality, tasteful products targeting both the AI native and AI curious. • Ownership . You identify the problem, design the solution and ship it. • Entrepreneurship . We think like founders, act with urgency, and hustle to deliver for each other and our users. • Scholarship . Work among highly talented peers, pursuing knowledge and truth, upleveling ourselves, our teams, and our products. • Partnership . We amplify each others' strengths, break down silos, and give selflessly to help our colleagues deliver excellence. Description from Perplexity's public careers feed, reproduced so you can read the role here. Apply on the company's own site; Real Analyst Jobs never submits anything for you. ## How to apply Open [this role on Real Analyst Jobs](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/member-of-technical-staff-software-engineer-training-infrastructure-perplexity-1d67d291) and use Apply now there to reach the employer's application. 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