Engineering Manager (Agent Engine)

Perplexity is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead and grow our highly driven Agent Engine team. The Agent Engine team designs and builds powerful agentic experiences including Perplexity Computer, the Comet ecosystem, our Agent API, and more. In short, we build frontier intelligence systems for the world's most discerning users. What you would doProvide technical leadership across multiple layers of a rapidly growing product in the AI agents space. Develop and leverage cutting-edge AI systems and related technologies to advance the capability frontier and scale those capabilities for a rapidly growing userbase. Exercise sharp technical & product intuition to guide the team’s system architectures and product roadmaps. Drive product reliability, code quality, AI evaluation, testing, and maintenance for the broader team. Oversee hiring, onboarding, and mentorship for a rapidly growing team. Develop rigorous interview pipelines and work closely with recruiting to source candidates. Interface with the Perplexity co-founders to deliver strategic objectives that redefine what’s possible in the AI industry. What the employer asks for Strong foundational familiarity with the AI systems stack. Proficiency in Python (bonus points for TypeScript, Go, and/or Rust). Domain knowledge in Not stated in the posting Work model (remote, hybrid or on-site) Required languages Ask about these before you invest time in an application. Does this role fit you? Inside Aptiora, the employer’s requirements are compared with your own career evidence: what is supported, what is missing and what to check before applying.