Perplexity
Member of Technical Staff (Search Core DevOps Engineer)
Belgrade, US
Role snapshot
Perplexity is hiring a Member of Technical Staff (Search Core DevOps Engineer) on a full-time basis. This is a role based in Belgrade, US. The listing highlights Search.
- Company
- Perplexity
- Location
- Belgrade, US
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Posted
- Oct 2, 2026
Who this role suits
Practitioners with a few years behind them who can work independently, make trade-offs and help newer teammates.
How to prepare your application
- Check your résumé against the listed skills (Search) and give each one a concrete example: what you built or achieved, not just that you used it.
- Prepare examples of decisions you drove, how you measured the result, and how you worked with other teams.
- Be ready to discuss trade-offs and scope, not only the tools you have used.
- Read what Perplexity publishes about its product or team, so you can say clearly why this role and this company.
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About the role
Perplexity is seeking a DevOps engineer to join our small team in revolutionizing the way people search and interact with the internet. You will be responsible for leading the design, implementation, and scaling of the infrastructure, tooling and systems that support our Search feature.
The ideal candidate should have experience in designing highly scalable infrastructure, building systems, tools and performing testing, monitoring, and maintenance. Our backend stack includes Python, Go, Rust, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Redis, and Kubernetes - built alongside dedicated in-house AI and search interfaces.
Responsibilities:
Design and implement highly available, high-performance, and scalable systems.
Design and implement various tools for other engineers helping them with their day to day job.
Design and implement CI/CD and other workflows to enhance stability, robustness and speed of iteration.
Maintain and optimize key-value and relational databases.
Scale and load balance web server backends to meet rapidly changing needs.
Monitor systems and applications, proactively identifying and resolving reliability, scalability, or performance issues.
Develop monitoring tools, alerts, and dashboards to provide visibility into system health and performance.
Qualifications:
Strong experience with cloud infrastructure built on AWS.
Proficient in database management and caching strategies.
Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to analyze, debug, and resolve complex technical issues.
Experience working with containers (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration tools.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
Experience with Python and Terraform.
3+ years of DevOps/SRE/System Administration experience.