Member of Technical Staff (Model Behavior)
- Location
- San Francisco
- Salary range
- USD $200,000 – $330,000 base
- Workplace
- Remote
- Level
- Senior / Staff IC
- Job family
- AI Safety
- Posted
- 2 months ago
The T&S Network estimates this role to be P4, Staff. The typical base salary for that level in AI Governance & Sociotechnical is $170k to $220k for a remote role. Key skills at this level: designs evaluations for model behavior that map to real-world harm, translates between research, policy and product framings of the same risk, and builds governance process that engineers will actually follow.
Why this level
Estimated from the posting rather than stated by the employer: the posting states the level in its title · the title reads as P4 · asks for 10+ years · posts $200k to $330k base for a remote role.
The role, in T&S terms
Written by the T&S Network from Perplexity's posting.
Software engineering work on Perplexity's AI products that shapes how responses behave: their style, and how they use tools, skills, and memory. The Model Behavior team designs prompt and context engineering strategies meant to deliver high-quality experiences across multiple domains and models.
What you'd do
- Design, test, and optimize prompts, skills, tools, and memory that shape responses across products and use cases.
- Build self-improvement loops that steer prompts and improve tool, skill, and memory use.
- Run research projects to find inconsistencies and failure modes in internal and production model outputs.
What it asks for
- Strong software engineering fundamentals.
- Strong written and verbal communication, especially explaining complex concepts to diverse stakeholders.
- Recent experience on modern LLM-driven products (preferred).
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