Perplexity, San Francisco
If you're not applying from a focus school listed above, we typically require you to possess the following qualifications:
Additional advanced coursework in areas such as systems, AI/ML, advanced math, and other rigorous subjects is highly welcome.
The general application portal has closed for 2026. We will reopen applications at some point in 2027. Thank you for your interest in Perplexity careers!
Welcome! This is the general application portal for university students and recent graduates who wish to be considered for full-time Member of Technical Staff positions at Perplexity. Our elite new grad cohorts enjoy unparalleled mentorship, top-of-market compensation, and the chance to tackle some of the deepest, thorniest challenges in frontier intelligence https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/category/research.
NOTE: if you attend one of our focus schools listed below, please do not apply via this portal as it is infrequently monitored due to high volume. Apply instead via the school-specific application portal below to ensure your application receives priority attention.
Caltech https://pplx.ai/2026Caltech | Columbia https://pplx.ai/2026Columbia | Cornell https://pplx.ai/2026Cornell | CMU https://pplx.ai/2026CMU | Duke https://pplx.ai/2026Duke | Georgia Tech https://pplx.ai/2026GATech Harvard https://pplx.ai/2026Harvard | MIT https://pplx.ai/2026MIT | Michigan https://pplx.ai/2026Michigan | Northwestern https://pplx.ai/2026Northwestern | NYU https://pplx.ai/2026NYU | 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 | UChicago https://pplx.ai/2026UChicago UCLA https://pplx.ai/2026UCLA | UIUC https://pplx.ai/2026UIUC | UNC Chapel Hill https://pplx.ai/2026UNC | UT Austin https://pplx.ai/2026UTAustin UWashington https://pplx.ai/2026UW | Yale https://pplx.ai/2026Yale
McGill https://pplx.ai/2026McGill | UBC https://pplx.ai/2026UBC | UToronto https://pplx.ai/2026UToronto | Waterloo https://pplx.ai/2026Waterloo
Perplexity believes that exceptionally talented individuals at any stage can thrive in our high-velocity, high-ownership culture. Our early career talent program revolves around:
While you're welcome to submit your application if you don't meet these criteria, we will be looking for other evidence of exceptional ability. You are encouraged to briefly describe this evidence in response to the "Anything Else" question at the bottom of the application form.
This portal accepts applications for full-time roles at Perplexity. Internship applications are not accepted via this portal. If you're interested in short-term opportunities with our team, you may instead be interested in the Perplexity Research Fellowship. The Fellowship has a separate application process detailed here https://pplx.ai/fellowship. Note that Fellowship applications are extremely competitive; in particular, we don't expect to admit any undergraduate students to the Fellowship before their final year of study.
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