a6ce6c28-ca1 Search Rust Engineer Perplexity AI is seeking a talented Search Rust Engineer to join our rapidly growing team, driving innovation in AI-powered search experiences. As a Search Rust Engineer, your main mission will be to relentlessly optimise performance - squeezing every millisecond of latency from our search stack, while implementing robust, scalable, and reliable systems.

What you'll do

Your main responsibilities will be to architect, build, and optimise ultra-low-latency search infrastructure using Rust. You will also profile and instrument services, continuously driving down response times at scale, and develop and maintain distributed backend components powering real-time search and retrieval.

  • Architect, build, and optimise ultra-low-latency search infrastructure using Rust
  • Profile and instrument services, continuously driving down response times at scale
  • Develop and maintain distributed backend components powering real-time search and retrieval

What you need

To be successful in this role, you will need to have deep expertise in Rust programming, especially for backend/search systems. You will also need experience profiling and tuning high-load, low-latency distributed services, and a strong understanding of systems design, Linux internals, and performance debugging.

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]]> full-time mid onsite Rust programming, backend/search systems, systems design, Linux internals, performance debugging, cloud infrastructure, container orchestration, benchmarking, instrumentation, continuous performance improvement Engineering Technology Perplexity AI https://logos.yubhub.co/perplexity.com.png Perplexity AI is a rapidly growing company that is driving innovation in AI-powered search experiences. They are seeking a talented Search Rust Engineer to join their team. https://jobs.ashbyhq.com https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/perplexity/a19f1774-5944-4981-b446-e3e40d0dd281 Belgrade, Berlin, London 2026-03-04