Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Connector Platform) at Perplexity | chakrie

Requirements

Experience designing and building backend systems that run in production (typically 4+ years for mid-level, more for senior and staff).
Strong system design skills, with a track record of building efficient, reliable, and scalable architectures, ideally including API integration, gateway, or platform-style systems with many heterogeneous downstreams.
Strong proficiency in at least one backend language such as Python, Go, or Rust, and the ability to work effectively in a multi-language environment.
Hands-on experience with modern infrastructure (for example AWS, Kubernetes, and related cloud technologies).
Depth in at least one of: OAuth and authorization protocols, API/connector or MCP-server development, schema and semantic modeling, or building tooling and evaluation for LLM-based agents.
Comfort working in security-sensitive areas (auth, authorization, credential isolation) and making pragmatic trade-offs between safety, simplicity, and velocity.
Collaborative mindset and eagerness to solve hard, ambiguous problems alongside other experienced engineers.

If you’re excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn’t match every qualification listed above.

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A clear overview of what is expected, written by the people who posted it, with every detail you need to decide.

Qualifications, experience and the skills that matter most, along with anything that would make you stand out.

Practical next steps, the documents to prepare and the dates to keep in mind before you apply or get in touch.

Contact details, links to the official source and the notes our team adds after checking each listing by hand.

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