Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, AI Policy and Strategic Initiatives)

The role

You will work with senior leadership to lead strategic technology initiatives across policy, law, operations, and corporate affairs. You will use engineering rigor to research policy, build automated platforms, and engineer privacy and compliance systems.

What you will do

• Harness AI agents to research high-stakes policy and regulatory issues.
• Build automated platforms for harvesting, prioritizing, and patenting inventions.
• Work with the Legal team and outside counsel on high-tech litigation matters.
• Engineer privacy and compliance systems for frontier AI products.
• Contribute to regulatory filings and responses.
• Implement first-party software solutions for recruiting, labor compliance, and performance management.
• Participate in meetings with Capitol Hill, executive branch officials, international partners, and civil society.

Required qualifications

• Strong technical skills at or above Perplexity's hiring bar for software engineers.
• Fluency with frontier intelligence tools.
• Strong communication and writing skills.
• Curiosity and excitement about new and unfamiliar fields.
• Ability to quickly dive deep in any given field and develop mastery.
• Unimpeachable judgment, integrity, and discretion.
• A service-oriented attitude.

Nice to have

• Well-read in law, tech policy, or economics
• Plan to attend law school or PhD programs in the future

Before you apply

• Minimum 2-year commitment for those planning to attend law school or PhD programs

About the company

Perplexity is seeking an intrepid Member of Technical Staff to take on one of the AI industry's most unique engineering roles.