Member of Technical Staff Software Engineer Design System
Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine that provides real-time, cited answers and research capabilities.
Funding history
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.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will build core UI primitives and component APIs that remain reliable across many consuming surfaces. You will develop the design-token pipeline for web, iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows. You will translate Figma systems into typed, testable components, migrate bespoke interfaces to shared primitives, and provide accessibility, documentation, visual-regression coverage, and on-call support.
Requirements
- 4+ years building production frontend software
- Strong React, TypeScript, and CSS skills
- Accessibility knowledge including WCAG, ARIA patterns, and assistive technology
- Ability to collaborate closely with designers on visual and interaction language
Responsibilities
- Design and build reusable UI primitives with coherent component APIs
- Develop design tokens and publish them across web, iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows
- Translate Figma systems into typed, testable, documented components
- Migrate product surfaces to shared primitives
- Build accessible components with automated coverage
- Support consuming teams through documentation, visual regression coverage, and on-call rotation
Benefits
- Equity
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Retirement benefits
- Fitness benefits
- Commuter account
- Dependent care account
- Region-tailored benefits for eligible international full-time employees