Member of Technical Staff (Machine Learning Engineer, Search)
Perplexity · Hybrid
MeritLog read this listing from Perplexity's Ashby job board and last checked it on September 12, 2026.
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Job details
- Work model
- Hybrid
- Salary
- Not listed by source
- Location
- Belgrade
Hiring context
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What the role asks for
What you'd do
- Relentlessly push search quality forward-through models, data, tools, or any other leverage available
- Architect and build core components of our search platform and model stack
- Train and evaluate retrieval, ranking and classification models, including LLMs
- Deploy models - from boosting to LLMs - in a scalable and performant way
- Build and optimize RAG pipelines for grounding and answer generation
- Collaborate with Data, AI, Infrastructure and Product teams to ensure fast and high quality delivery
What they're asking for
- Deep understanding of search and retrieval systems, including quality evaluation principles and metricsSkill
- Proven track record with large-scale search or recommender systemsSkill
- Self-driven, with a strong sense of ownership and executionSkill
- Minimum of 5 years of working on search or recsys-related projectsExperience
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Job description
Perplexity is seeking an experienced Machine Learning Engineer to help build the next generation of advanced search technologies, with a focus on retrieval and ranking. Responsibilities - Relentlessly push search quality forward-through models, data, tools, or any other leverage available - Architect and build core components of our search platform and model stack - Train and evaluate retrieval, ranking and classification models, including LLMs - Deploy models - from boosting to LLMs - in a scalable and performant way - Build and optimize RAG pipelines for grounding and answer generation - Collaborate with Data, AI, Infrastructure and Product teams to ensure fast and high quality delivery Qualifications - Deep understanding of search and retrieval systems, including quality evaluation principles and metrics - Proven track record with large-scale search or recommender systems - Self-driven, with a strong sense of ownership and execution - Minimum of 5 years of working on search or recsys-related projects
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