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Frontend Engineer - Design Systems

Perplexity
Posted onFeb 16, 2026
LocationSan Francisco, California, United States (On-site)
Employment typeFull-time
Salary$210k – $385k Yearly

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 | Python | Docker | AWS

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

Salary: $210K – $385K • Offers Equity

Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, real-time answers to questions backed by credible sources and citations.

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