Destava

Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Backend Platform)

Perplexity is hiring for Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Backend Platform) in San Francisco. Staff level. First seen August 6, 2026, posted 2 times; open as of November 9, 2026. Jobs taken straight from company career pages — no aggregator in between.

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Company
Perplexity
Where
San Francisco
Level
Staff
First seen
August 6, 2026
Postings
2
Listed via
Ashby

What the posting says

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES - Lead the design and implementation of our sandboxing platform to safely execute untrusted and user‑generated code while meeting strict performance and reliability requirements. - Define and extend our RBAC and authorization primitives, ensuring they scale with new product capabilities and enterprise controls. - Own key backend services involved in authentication and encryption flows (including BYOK‑related pieces), partnering with Security and Infra on defense‑in‑depth. - Set the technical bar for backend platform design and operations, driving best practices in…

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