# Member of Technical Staff (Search Core, Indexing & Data Pipeline Stream) at Perplexity - Company: Perplexity - Status: Open - Workplace: Hybrid - Location: Belgrade · London · Remote · Berlin - Level: Staff - Discipline: Engineering - Employment: Full-time - Posted: 2026-09-18 - Skills: Kubernetes - Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/perplexity/89750227-f7fe-4e9f-bcdd-eada353163fd ## Description Perplexity is looking for a highly skilled Expert Systems Engineer to join our Search Core team. For the indexing and data processing stream. This role is critical to building next-generation search products and technologies. You will help drive key decisions around the architecture, design, and implementation of foundational components in our technical stack. Responsibilities - Design and build core search engine components, especially indexing pipelines, data storage formats that operate at the scale of billions of pages - Develop streaming and batch data processing with YT systems for search index construction in a high-load environment - Push the limits of hardware performance through low-level optimizations and systems-level tuning - Tackle challenges in multithreading, concurrency, and system-level optimization - Design and build core search engine components, including indexing pipelines, retrieval algorithms, and ranking systems that operate at the scale of billions of pages - Develop streaming and batch data processing systems for search index construction in a high-load environment - Push the limits of hardware performance through low-level optimizations and systems-level tuning - Tackle challenges in multithreading, concurrency, and system-level optimization Qualifications - 3+ years of hands-on experience in systems programming (Rust, C++, C, or similar) - Ownership of full project lifecycle — you don't just write a fast inner loop, you care about how the system is built, deployed, operated, and scaled in production - Knowledge of Pytho More Perplexity roles: https://deviantjobs.com/companies/perplexity