Golang Engineer - Search Infrastructure

Join Perplexity AI as a Search Golang Engineer and help architect the next generation of massively scalable, AI-powered search infrastructure. In this role, you’ll leverage Golang to design, implement, and operate backend systems that handle millions of queries with uncompromising reliability and efficiency. Responsibilities Build highly scalable, distributed backend services using GolangDesign, develop, and maintain search infrastructure that supports exponential traffic growthEngineer cloud-native solutions, optimizing for horizontal scale and rapid failoverImplement robust monitoring, autoscaling, and incident recovery strategiesCollaborate with product, infra, and devops teams to maximize throughput and resilienceDrive improvements in CI/CD, automation, and operational excellence for backend systemsMentor peers and champion scalable design principles across the organization Requirements Significant experience developing scalable Golang services for production environmentsDeep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred)Proven track record implementing systems that scale to millions of usersStrong background in Linux performance tuning, monitoring, and debuggingExperience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and automationAbility to proactively tackle scaling challenges—anticipating bottlenecks before they arisePassion for building backend solutions that power real-time, reliable search