Member of Technical Staff (New Grad)
Perplexity · San Francisco
About this role
## Member of Technical Staff (New Grad) — Application Portal Welcome! This is the general application portal for **university students and recent graduates** considered for **full-time Member of Technical Staff** positions at **Perplexity**. ### Important note (target schools) If you attend (or recently graduated from) one of the **target schools** below, **please do not apply via this portal** (it is infrequently monitored). Apply instead via the **school-specific application portal**: - Columbia: https://pplx.ai/2026Columbia - Cornell: https://pplx.ai/2026Cornell - CMU: https://pplx.ai/2026CMU - Duke: https://pplx.ai/2026Duke - Harvard: https://pplx.ai/2026Harvard - MIT: https://pplx.ai/2026MIT - Michigan: https://pplx.ai/2026Michigan - Penn: https://pplx.ai/2026Penn - Princeton: https://pplx.ai/2026Princeton - Purdue: https://pplx.ai/2026Purdue - Stanford: https://pplx.ai/2026Stanford - UC Berkeley: https://pplx.ai/2026Berkeley - UIUC: https://pplx.ai/2026UIUC - UNC Chapel Hill: https://pplx.ai/2026UNC - UWashington: https://pplx.ai/2026UW - Yale: https://pplx.ai/2026Yale ### Early Career Talent @ Perplexity Perplexity’s early career program is built around a **high-velocity, high-ownership** culture, with new grads supported through: - **Breadth:** Work across the stack—from agent harnesses to AI inference and training systems. - **Depth:** Dive deep into problem domains, often becoming a world expert in a niche area. - **Mentorship & Growth:** Cohorts are kept small (well below 10% of the technical team) with a strong mentor network. - **Recognition:** Compensation is set above top tech companies/startups, with aggressive recognition and rewards for growth. - **Mission:** Build **frontier intelligence**—“AI for people who expect more.” ### Academic requirements (if not applying from a target school) Typically required: 1. **GPA ≥ 3.92**, averaged across all **Math and CS** classes. 2. **A or A+** in your school’s **upper-level algorithms** course. Additional advanced coursework (e.g., **systems, AI/ML, advanced math**) is highly welcome. ### Fellowship / internships - This portal accepts applications for **full-time roles**. - **Internship applications are not accepted** via this portal. - For short-term opportunities, consider the **Perplexity Research Fellowship**: https://pplx.ai/fellowship - Fellowship applications are extremely competitive; **we don’t expect to admit undergraduates before their final year**.
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