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Perplexity AI

Analytics Engineer

Perplexity AI, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine founded in December 2022 and growing rapidly as one of the world’s leading AI platforms. Perplexity has raised over $1B in venture investment from leaders including Elad Gil, Daniel Gross, Jeff Bezos, Accel, IVP, NEA, NVIDIA, Samsung, and many more. Our objective is to build accurate, trustworthy AI that powers decision-making for people and assistive AI wherever decisions are being made. Today, Perplexity answers more than 780 million queries every month as we enable curiosity and learning.

As our first Analytics Engineer You’ll be instrumental in defining and building our analytics infrastructure, ensuring data is reliable, accessible, and drives critical business decisions across the company. You’ll shape how we use data at Perplexity and contribute to our mission of becoming the world’s most knowledge-centric company.

Perplexity is building the next-generation answer engine, empowering users to find information more effectively. We are headquartered in San Francisco, and operate on a hybrid schedule with in-office days on Monday, Wednesday, Friday.

Responsibilities

Design and build core data models to improve analysis efficiency, enabling rapid, reliable insights for teams

Define and champion data modeling standards and best practices using tools like dbt

Boost data team productivity by improving tooling, automating workflows, and streamlining processes

Own decisions on tooling selection, balancing build vs. buy and managing vendor relationships when necessary

Partner closely with Data Scientists to ensure analytics requirements are clearly understood and effectively implemented

Develop and maintain critical dashboards and reporting to track business health and enable better decision-making

Lead data governance efforts, ensuring security, compliance, and quality standards are consistently met

Qualifications

Have 6-8+ years of professional experience as an analytics engineer, data engineer, data scientist, or closely related role

SQL expert

Experience in data modeling, including dimensional modeling and analytics engineering best practices

Experience creating high-impact dashboards and visualizations using BI tools (e.g., Omni, Mode, Hex, Looker, or similar)

Have prior experience in fast-paced, rapidly scaling environments

Comfortable working autonomously, taking projects from concept through execution with minimal oversight

Bonus

Experience with dbt

Comfortable with Python

Experience with Snowflake administration and optimization

Familiarity or experience with Databricks

Previous experience as an early or first analytics engineer in a high-growth startup

The cash compensation range for this role is $200,000 - $300,000.

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 may be part of the total compensation package.

Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan.

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