Belgrade; London; New York City; San Francisco
Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine founded in December 2022 and growing rapidly as one of the world’s leading AI platforms. Perplexity has raised over $1B in venture investment from some of the world’s most visionary and successful leaders, including Elad Gil, Daniel Gross, Jeff Bezos, Accel, IVP, NEA, NVIDIA, Samsung, and many more. Our objective is to build accurate, trustworthy AI that powers decision-making for people and assistive AI wherever decisions are being made. Throughout human history, change and innovation have always been driven by curious people. Today, curious people use Perplexity to answer more than 780 million queries every month–a number that’s growing rapidly for one simple reason: everyone can be curious.
We're seeking a skilled Release Engineer to join our Infrastructure team and drive the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of our software delivery pipeline. You'll be responsible for designing and maintaining the systems that enable our engineering teams to ship high-quality features quickly and safely to millions of users worldwide.
Responsibilities
* Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for web applications, APIs, and ML model deployments
* Orchestrate release processes across multiple environments (staging, production, canary)
* Implement automated testing, validation, and rollback mechanisms
* Manage release schedules and coordinate cross-team deployments
* Monitor and improve build times, deployment speed, and system reliability
Qualifications
* 4+ years of experience in release engineering, DevOps, or platform engineering
* Strong experience with CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, or similar)
* Proficiency with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
* Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
* Solid understanding of Linux systems administration
* Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.)
* Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, Go)
* Strong understanding of version control systems (Git)
* Experience with monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, DataDog, or similar)
Our cash compensation range for this role is $180,000 - $230,000.
Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including, experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
Equity: In addition to the base salary, equity may be part of the total compensation package.
Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan.
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