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About the Role
Establish and scale Perplexity's London office, driving innovation and growth in Europe. This role involves building teams and culture from the ground up, managing infrastructure and AI systems, and serving as the face of Perplexity in London.
Responsibilities
- Establish and lead Perplexity's London office, setting the cultural foundation and operating principles.
- Build a collaborative, high-performance engineering culture aligned with Perplexity's values.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for all London-based activities and represent the site in company-wide strategic discussions.
- Partner with People/HR, Finance, and Operations to ensure seamless site operations.
- Drive local community engagement, partnerships, and Perplexity's brand presence.
- Directly manage and mentor one or more infrastructure or AI infrastructure teams in London.
- Set technical direction and strategy for London-based infrastructure initiatives.
- Drive architectural decisions and technical excellence across teams.
- Ensure robust systems for deployment, monitoring, scalability, and reliability of infrastructure supporting AI/ML workloads.
- Collaborate with engineering leaders globally to align on technical standards and best practices.
- Build and scale high-performing infrastructure and AI infrastructure teams through strategic hiring.
- Develop and execute talent acquisition strategy for the London site.
- Create career development frameworks and growth opportunities for engineers.
- Foster technical mentorship and knowledge sharing across teams and sites.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, and Research teams globally to understand infrastructure needs.
- Coordinate with other site leads and engineering leaders for effective cross-site collaboration.
- Contribute to company-wide infrastructure strategy and roadmap planning.
- Facilitate knowledge transfer and best practice sharing across global teams.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering with 5+ years in infrastructure, cloud infrastructure, or AI infrastructure roles.
- 3+ years of people management experience, including building and scaling teams.
- Proven track record of establishing or significantly growing an engineering site or office.
- Deep technical expertise in distributed systems, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and infrastructure automation.
- Experience with infrastructure supporting large-scale AI/ML systems, including GPU infrastructure and orchestration, ML training and inference pipelines, and model serving and deployment at scale.
- Strong understanding of modern infrastructure technologies: Kubernetes, Terraform, container orchestration, CI/CD systems.
- Demonstrated ability to set technical vision and drive execution across multiple teams.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working in fast-paced, high-growth technology companies.
- Passion for building inclusive, diverse, and high-performing teams.
- Experience at companies focused on AI/ML, search, or large-scale consumer applications.
- Previous experience as a site lead, office lead, or similar multi-team leadership role.
- Background in building infrastructure for LLM training or inference.
- Contributions to open-source infrastructure or AI infrastructure projects.
- Experience scaling teams from 0 to 20+ engineers.
- Active involvement in the London or European tech community.
- MBA or advanced technical degree.
Skills
- Infrastructure
- Cloud Infrastructure
- AI Infrastructure
- Distributed Systems
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
- Infrastructure Automation
- GPU Infrastructure
- ML Training
- ML Inference
- Model Serving
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Container Orchestration
- CI/CD
Location
- London, United Kingdom
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering
- 5+ years in infrastructure, cloud infrastructure, or AI infrastructure roles
- 3+ years of people management experience
- Experience scaling teams from 0 to 20+ engineers
Education Level
- MBA or advanced technical degree
Benefits
- Competitive compensation including equity
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Flexible work environment
About the Company
- Perplexity is revolutionizing how people discover and interact with information through AI-powered search and knowledge tools.
- Expanding our global footprint with a strategic presence in London to drive innovation and growth across Europe.
Equal Opportunity
- Perplexity is an equal opportunity employer.
- We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.