Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, API Platform)

Perplexity
US - Washington - Seattle
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Job Description

Design, build, and operate high-performance APIs and platform infrastructure, including gateway routing, authentication, quotas, metering, deployment workflows, and API governance. Improve platform security, reliability, and developer experience while collaborating across teams to scale services and support emerging AI capabilities.

Requirements: Requires 5+ years of backend engineering experience with Python, Go, or Rust, including substantial experience building platforms or infrastructure for engineering teams. Candidates should have hands-on expertise in high-traffic APIs, gateways and routing, API governance, CI/CD and progressive delivery, and end-to-end platform ownership.

Key Skills: Backend Engineering, Python, Go, Rust, API Design, API Gateways, Distributed Systems, Authentication and Authorization, Rate Limiting, API Governance, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Helm, Infrastructure as Code, Performance Optimization, Observability




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