Perplexity is seeking a Senior Authentication Engineer to join our innovative team revolutionizing internet search and interaction. In this role, you will lead the design, implementation, and scaling of authentication systems that power our web and mobile products, ensuring secure and seamless user experiences across our platform.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and maintain robust authentication systems for our Next.js-based web applications
- Architect and develop secure, scalable authentication flows incorporating various providers (e.g., OAuth, email/passwordless)
- Collaborate with front-end, back-end, mobile and security teams to integrate authentication seamlessly across our application stack
- Troubleshoot and resolve complex authentication issues
- Implement and maintain best practices for user authentication, authorization, and security
- Optimize authentication performance and user experience
- Stay up-to-date with the latest developments in authentication technologies and security standards
- Designing and implementing ACLs for customer-specific permissions and resource management
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in web development
- 3+ years building and architecting web authentication systems
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript, TypeScript, and React
- Extensive experience with Next.js and NextAuth.js
- Deep understanding of OAuth 2.0, JWT, and other authentication protocols
- Experience with database systems (e.g. PostgreSQL)
- Experience working with cloud platforms (e.g AWS)
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative team environment
Nice to haves
- Experience with enterprise authentication like SSO and SCIM (e.g. WorkOS)
- Experience with mobile authentication
Our cash compensation range for this role is $180,000 - $280,000.
At Perplexity, we've experienced tremendous growth and adoption since publicly launching the world's first fully functional conversational answer engine in 2022. We've grown from answering 2.5 million questions per day at the start of 2024 to around 20 million daily queries in December 2024. We also offer Perplexity Enterprise Pro, which counts leading companies like Nvidia, the Cleveland Cavaliers, Bridgewater, and Zoom as customers.
To support our rapid expansion, we've raised significant funding from some of the most respected technology investors. Our investor base includes IVP, NEA, Jeff Bezos, NVIDIA, Databricks, Bessemer Venture Partners, Elad Gil, Nat Friedman, Daniel Gross, Naval Ravikant, Tobi Lutke, and many other visionary individuals. In 2024, our employee base grew nearly 300%, and we're just getting started.
Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including, experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
Equity: In addition to the base salary, equity is part of the total compensation package.
Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan.
