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 defense mechanisms
- Partner with Perplexity's Security Engineering team to translate research into shipped security features
Soft Skills
Systems SecurityWeb SecurityApplication SecurityProgram AnalysisSoftware SecurityWritten Communication
Culture
Fast-PacedCross-Functional TeamsImpact-Oriented
Requirements
Required: PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field with a focus on security or privacy
Regions: Us
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About perplexity
Industry: saas
Size: startup
Perplexity is an AI-powered conversational search engine that provides real-time, accurate answers to complex questions.
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