Perplexity•23 days ago
Engineering Manager (TLM, Agents)
Recruiter Fit Breakdown & Candid Summary
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Perplexity is seeking an Engineering Manager (Tech Lead Manager) for their Agents engineering team to build agentic experiences within the Comet ecosystem.
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The ideal candidate brings deep AI expertise, product intuition, and a background in managing high-performing engineering teams.
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Applicants must have at least 8 years of engineering experience, including 3 years in engineering management.
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Those without a strong foundation in the AI product stack or prior management experience should not apply.
Role Responsibilities
- 1Provide technical leadership across multiple layers of a rapidly growing product in the AI agents space.
- 2Develop and leverage cutting-edge AI models, infrastructure, and browser technologies to advance capabilities and scale.
- 3Exercise sharp technical and product intuition to guide system architectures and product roadmaps.
- 4Drive product reliability, code quality, AI evaluation, testing, and maintenance for the broader team.
- 5Oversee hiring, onboarding, and mentorship for a rapidly growing team, developing rigorous interview pipelines.
- 6Interface with the Perplexity co-founders to deliver strategic objectives.
Skills Matrix
Must-Have Skills
Python
Engineering Management
Frontier AI Models
AI Product Stack
Nice-to-Have Skills
TypeScript
Go
Rust
Reinforcement Learning
Browser Technologies(Playwright)
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