Member of Technical Staff (Secure Intelligence Institute)
Posted
Tech Stack
Solid badges = required, outlined = preferred
Responsibilities
- Develop threat models for emerging attack surfaces in AI-native products including browser, search, and autonomous agents.
- Identify and analyze security and privacy threats across AI systems, infrastructure, and user-facing products.
- Develop novel defenses, mitigations, and detection mechanisms for security and privacy in AI-native products.
- Build security evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, and datasets to measure the effectiveness of different defense mechanisms.
- Partner with Perplexity’s Security Engineering team to translate research into shipped security features.
Soft Skills
Security Of Agentic SystemsSystems SecurityWeb And Applications SecurityProgram AnalysisSoftware SecurityWritten CommunicationCross-Functional Collaboration
Culture
Fast-PacedCollaborative SpaceHigh Growth
Requirements
Required: PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent research experience)
Regions: Us
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About perplexity
Industry: saas
Size: startup
Perplexity is an AI-native search and conversational engine provider focused on delivering accurate answers.
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