Perplexity•23 days ago
Engineering Manager
Recruiter Fit Breakdown & Candid Summary
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Perplexity is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead their rapidly growing API Platform team.
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The ideal candidate brings a blend of technical depth in distributed systems/APIs, modern AI experience, and a proven track record of managing high-caliber engineering talent.
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Candidates should have at least 8 years of total engineering experience with a minimum of 3 years in a management role.
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This role is not suited for individual contributors looking to stay entirely hands-off code or those without prior engineering management experience.
Role Responsibilities
- 1Provide both technical and team leadership across multiple layers of the rapidly growing API business.
- 2Design, build, and operate mission-critical APIs that provide customers the building blocks for frontier intelligence.
- 3Oversee hiring, onboarding, and mentorship for a rapidly growing team, developing rigorous interview pipelines.
- 4Drive product reliability, code quality, AI evaluation, testing, and maintenance for the broader team.
- 5Collaborate across teams to incorporate novel frontier capabilities into the API Platform.
Skills Matrix
Must-Have Skills
Python
API Design
Engineering Management
Nice-to-Have Skills
Go
Rust
AI APIs
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