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Perplexity · 11 hours ago

Engineering Manager - Commerce

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
seniorityDirector/Executive
money$250K/yr - $325K/yr
date9+ years exp

Perplexity is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the team building the foundation for how commerce works in an AI-native world. The role involves leading a team to solve critical problems at the intersection of payments and AI, while owning the technical roadmap and driving architecture decisions for commerce systems.

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Responsibilities

Lead and grow a team of engineers building payments, billing, and commerce systems
Own the technical roadmap for subscription infrastructure and payment integrations
Drive architecture decisions for agentic commerce—defining how Perplexity facilitates transactions within conversational experiences
Collaborate with product, finance, and external partners to ship new commerce capabilities
Foster a high-performance engineering culture focused on reliability, velocity, and technical excellence

Qualification

Payments systems experienceEngineering managementStripePayPal expertiseSoftware engineering experienceFinancial systems designComfort with ambiguityFraud prevention knowledgeMonetization strategies experienceOrganizational skills

Required

9+ years of software engineering experience
4+ years of engineering management experience including recruiting, growing, and retaining high-caliber talent
5+ years of engineering experience on payments or commerce systems at consumer-scale traffic and reliability
Deep experience with Stripe, PayPal, or similar payment platforms
Strong organizational skills for managing and delivering parallel technical projects; ability to guide senior engineers in making sound tradeoffs and prioritization decisions
Comfort with ambiguity; parts of this roadmap are still being written
Track record of shipping reliable, compliant financial systems

Preferred

Experience with building or integrating with 3rd party to support modern payment rails (ACH, open banking, real-time payments) and multi-rail architectures
Experience supporting various monetization strategies including subscriptions, ads, and marketplace
Experience dealing with fraud prevention solutions and systems

Company

Perplexity

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Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine designed to provide accurate, real-time responses to user queries.
dateFounded in 2022
location
San Francisco, California, USA
people-size201-500 employees
web-link
https://www.perplexity.ai

H1B Sponsorship

Perplexity has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2023 (2)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$1.48B
Key Investors
Cristiano RonaldoNuVenturesAccel
2025-12-05Undisclosed
2025-09-10Series Unknown· $200M
2025-08-15Secondary Market

Leadership Team

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Aravind Srinivas
Cofounder, President, CEO
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Denis Yarats
Co-Founder & CTO
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