Remote Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Cybersecurity Products)

Description:

• Perplexity is developing cybersecurity products that automate security tasks through agents.
• The role involves building products for application security, offensive testing, cloud security, and detection and response.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience in software engineering, particularly in security products or security engineering.
• Proficiency in a major programming language (Python, Go, TypeScript, or Rust) and experience with production services.
• Hands-on experience in at least one security domain (application security, penetration testing, cloud security, etc.).
• Experience integrating with security or developer systems (source control, CI/CD, cloud APIs).
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (preferably AWS) and secure multi-tenant SaaS.
• Comfortable working with customers and delivering improvements in an early-stage product environment.
• Bonus: experience with LLM-powered agents or security automation tools.
• Bonus: experience at a security product company or internal security platform.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to work on innovative cybersecurity products.
• Direct collaboration with security engineers and design partners.