Internship - Search Backend Infra Engineer
Role Overview
This is an internship role for a Backend/Infrastructure Engineer, working on building and maintaining high-performance search systems and cloud-native infrastructure on AWS. The intern will collaborate closely with a small, experienced team to design tools, improve CI/CD pipelines, and optimize backend services, contributing directly to the reliability and scalability of Perplexity's search experience. It is a hands-on position focused on learning and applying skills in infrastructure, distributed systems, and backend engineering with mentorship from senior engineers.
Perks & Benefits
The internship is full-time for 12-24 weeks and is in-person at the Belgrade office, offering a structured learning environment with direct mentorship from experienced engineers. It provides exposure to cutting-edge technologies like Rust, Go, and AWS, fostering career growth in infrastructure and backend engineering within a fast-paced, innovative team culture. Although remote work is not specified for this internship, it implies a collaborative, proactive setting ideal for curious learners looking to gain practical experience in a high-impact role.
Full Job Description
Perplexity is looking for a Backend/Infrastructure Engineer Intern to support our small, high-impact team building the systems that power our search experience. You will work closely with experienced engineers to help design, build, and operate robust infrastructure and backend services that keep Perplexity fast, reliable, and scalable.
Internship program: 12 - 24 weeks, full-time, in-person in the Belgrade office.
Responsibilities:
Build and maintain infrastructure that supports high-performance search systems, with mentorship from senior engineers.
Design internal tools and automation to improve developer workflows and operational efficiency.
Support the design, deployment, and monitoring of cloud-native systems on AWS.
Contribute to improving CI/CD pipelines, testing infrastructure, and release processes.
Debug and optimize Linux-based services, containers, and backend systems.
Contribute to product codebases, primarily using Rust, Go or C++.
Qualifications:
Working towards a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Familiarity with at least one programming language such as Go, Rust, or C/C++, through coursework or projects.
Basic understanding or exposure to cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS) and Linux systems is a plus, not a requirement.
Interest in infrastructure, distributed systems, or backend engineering, with willingness to learn about CI/CD, monitoring, and performance.
A proactive and curious learner who enjoys collaborating in a fast-paced, innovative environment
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