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About the Role
Perplexity is seeking energetic researchers and engineers to join its Secure Intelligence Institute (SII), focusing on advancing security, privacy, and trust in frontier intelligence. The role involves conducting original research to improve the security and privacy of AI systems, translating research into practical improvements for Perplexity's systems and users, and contributing to the broader AI ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- Develop threat models for emerging attack surfaces in AI-native products.
- Identify and analyze security and privacy threats across AI systems, infrastructure, and user-facing products.
- Develop novel defenses, mitigations, and detection mechanisms for AI-native products.
- Build security evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, and datasets.
- Partner with the Security Engineering team to translate research into shipped security features and hardened system architectures.
- Collaborate with academic and industry researchers.
- Publish findings at premier venues and contribute to the security research community.
Requirements
- Hold a PhD (or equivalent research experience) in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, with a primary focus on security and/or privacy.
- Experience publishing at top security conferences (IEEE S&P, USENIX Security, ACM CCS, NDSS).
- Deep expertise in one or more of: security of agentic systems, systems security, web and applications security, program analysis, and software security.
- Proficiency in Python (bonus points for TypeScript, Go, and/or Rust).
- Ability to operate with high independence and take ownership.
- Comfortable in a fast-paced environment where research directly informs product.
- Clear and concise communication, translating complex attack narratives into actionable insights.
Skills
- Security
- Privacy
- AI Security
- Threat Modeling
- Python
- TypeScript
- Go
- Rust
- Communication
Education Level
- PhD or equivalent research experience
About the Company
- Perplexity is a company focused on advancing security, privacy, and trust in frontier intelligence through its Secure Intelligence Institute (SII).
- SII aims to advance frontier AI security research, implement these advances in Perplexity's systems, and share knowledge to strengthen the AI ecosystem.