Frontend Engineer - Design Systems

PerplexitySan Francisco, California

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Overview

Schedule

Full-time

Career level

Senior-level

Job Description

Perplexity is seeking an experienced Frontend-focused Engineer to help revolutionize the way people search and interact online. In this role, you'll be developing the future of AI products.

Tech Stack: Tailwind | React | TypeScript | CSS

Responsibilities

Work with the design systems team to build an excellent user interaction layer for all features. This includes both standard reusable components but also primitive pieces of generative UI.
Work with and improve the components that form the building blocks of Perplexity's frontend
Always be thinking about how to improve interaction quality, fit & finish, and team velocity

Key Qualifications

Experience building and maintaining user interface systems at a large scale
Strong coding fundamentals, and some experience working across the stack.
Ability to build foundations that others can build on top of.
Experience with highly interactive React applications using strongly typed code
Knowledgeable about design and UI patterns at scale
Passion for prototyping, experimentation, and creating accessible experiences
Extreme ownership mindset
Takes pride in getting the small details right
4+ years of industry experience

AI is at the heart of what we build, and using it effectively is an expectation for every role here. During interviews, we want to see how you think and make decisions—qualities that will directly influence our AI development. With that in mind, please avoid using AI tools throughout the process unless we indicate otherwise.

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