Engineering Site Lead

About the role

Perplexity is seeking an exceptional Site Lead to establish and scale our new London office. You will be responsible for building our technical organization, fostering a world-class engineering culture, and directly managing infrastructure teams to drive innovation in AI-powered search. This role serves as the face of Perplexity in London, reporting to senior leadership and collaborating cross-functionally across our global footprint.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead the London office, setting the cultural foundation and operating principles.
• Build a collaborative, high-performance engineering culture that aligns with company values.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all London-based activities and represent the site in strategic discussions.
• Partner with People, Finance, and Operations to ensure seamless site operations.
• Directly manage and mentor one or more infrastructure or AI infrastructure teams.
• Set technical direction and strategy for London-based infrastructure initiatives.
• Drive architectural decisions and ensure robust systems for deployment, monitoring, and scalability.
• Build and scale teams through strategic hiring and talent acquisition.

Required skills

• Distributed systems
• Cloud platforms
• Infrastructure automation
• AI/ML systems
• GPU infrastructure
• Kubernetes
• Terraform
• CI/CD
• People management

Nice to have

• LLM training
• LLM inference
• Open-source contribution

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering with 5+ years in infrastructure, cloud infrastructure, or AI infrastructure roles
• 3+ years of people management experience
• Proven track record of establishing or significantly growing an engineering site or office

Benefits

• Equity
• Comprehensive benefits package

About the Company

Perplexity is revolutionizing how people discover and interact with information through AI-powered search and knowledge tools.