Perplexity

Very smart coworkers, all the way from search and AI to business. They have impressive backgrounds, and lots of people are truly mission-driven about building the next great search engine.

Tons of opportunity to work on a range of products across various verticals like shopping, finance, ecommerce, etc., and contribute to AI products like Labs, Deep Research, and the browser. The office is well located, and feeling the energy and growth is always exciting.

You'll feel very stretched, especially as it seems like we always need more engineers. The usage and speed of shipping means lots of things break, so you might get called in a few times a month if whatever you shipped is having issues. Don't think you can clock out at 6 p.m.

The massive AI wave makes this all worth it, but for those that simply want a job, this likely wouldn't be your favorite thing. The leadership is trying their best to grow along with the company, but can definitely be a bit too direct, which rubs certain people the wrong way.

Hire faster to keep up with demand, so no one gets burned out too quickly.

Continue to reinforce the vision of being the best search engine possible.