Lead Design Engineer — Growth & Marketing
Role Overview
This senior-level Lead Design Engineer role involves collaborating with designers, marketers, and engineers to develop and optimize high-traffic web experiences for marketing and brand introduction. Day-to-day responsibilities include working with tools like CMS, design systems, and A/B testing to enhance design quality and team velocity, directly impacting user engagement and brand perception. The hire will lead efforts in creating accessible, impactful web interfaces that serve as the primary introduction to Perplexity's products.
Perks & Benefits
The role is fully remote, offering flexibility in location, with likely expectations for collaboration across time zones given the team-oriented nature. It provides opportunities for career growth through leadership in design engineering, exposure to cutting-edge tech stacks, and a culture emphasizing ownership, attention to detail, and innovation in marketing and design. Benefits may include typical tech industry perks such as professional development support and a focus on work-life balance in a remote setup.
Full Job Description
Perplexity is seeking an experienced Lead Design Engineer to help revolutionize the way people search and interact online.
Tech Stack: React | TypeScript | Tailwind | Python
Responsibilities
Work directly with the designers, marketers, and engineers to bring beautiful and impactful introductory web experiences to life. These experiences are the introduction to our products and brand and have immense potential impact when done well.
Work with and improve the tools that enable effective marketing sites like our CMS, design system, i18n process, SEO/AEO, a/b testing.
Always be thinking about how to improve design quality, fit & finish, and team velocity.
Key Qualifications
Experience building and maintaining high traffic web experiences for marketing or similar purposes
Genuine interest in collaborating with marketing and brand design—how can we effectively tell the story or Perplexity?
Strong coding fundamentals, and some experience working across the stack.
Knowledgeable about web design and UI patterns at scale
Passion for prototyping, experimentation, and creating accessible experiences
Extreme ownership mindset
Takes pride in getting the small details right
8+ years of industry experience with 4+ years in a design/marketing engineering
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