Frontend Engineer - Design Systems
Perplexity
Posted: November 7, 2025
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Job Description
PERPLEXITY IS SEEKING AN EXPERIENCED FRONTEND-FOCUSED ENGINEER TO HELP REVOLUTIONIZE THE WAY PEOPLE SEARCH AND INTERACT ONLINE. IN THIS ROLE, YOU'LL BE DEVELOPING THE FUTURE OF AI PRODUCTS.
Tech Stack: Tailwind | React | TypeScript | Python | Docker | AWS
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work with the design systems team to build an excellent user interaction layer for all features. This includes both standard reusable components but also primitive pieces of generative UI.
- Work with and improve the components that form the building blocks of Perplexity's frontend
- Always be thinking about how to improve interaction quality, fit & finish, and team velocity
KEY QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience building and maintaining user interface systems at a large scale
- Strong coding fundamentals, and some experience working across the stack.
- Ability to build foundations that others can build on top of.
- Experience with highly interactive React applications using strongly typed code
- Knowledgeable about design and UI patterns at scale
- Passion for prototyping, experimentation, and creating accessible experiences
- Extreme ownership mindset
- Takes pride in getting the small details right
- 4+ years of industry experience