Member of Technical Staff Offensive Security Engineer

Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine that provides real-time, cited answers and research capabilities.

San Francisco, United States
About Perplexity

Private AI company founded in 2022. Its products combine conversational search and research with cited web sources; it also offers developer-facing Search, Agent, Router, and Embeddings APIs.

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About the Role

You will plan and execute red-team, purple-team, penetration-testing, and adversary-simulation engagements across cloud infrastructure, applications, endpoints, and AI systems. You will build offensive tooling, assess AI attack surfaces, lead threat modeling, communicate findings, and validate remediations.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of offensive security, red teaming, or penetration testing experience
  • Expertise in at least two of cloud security, application security, Kubernetes security, endpoint security, network penetration testing, or CI/CD security
  • Experience discovering impactful vulnerabilities or developing attack techniques
  • Python, Go, or similar programming and scripting skills
  • Experience with offensive security tools
  • Experience assessing AI or ML systems, LLM applications, or agentic workflows
  • Written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Plan and execute red-team and purple-team engagements
  • Conduct penetration testing of web applications, APIs, mobile clients, browser extensions, cloud infrastructure, and internal services
  • Assess AI and ML attack surfaces
  • Develop and maintain offensive tooling, exploits, and automation
  • Perform adversary simulations to test detection and response
  • Lead threat modeling sessions
  • Deliver actionable security findings and validate remediations
  • Assess CI/CD pipelines, supply chain integrity, and secrets management
  • Track emerging attack techniques and vulnerability research

Benefits

  • Equity
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Retirement benefits
  • Fitness benefits
  • Commuter accounts
  • Dependent care accounts
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