# Applied AI Architect, Perplexity Computer

Perplexity is seeking an Applied AI Architect to help our customers turn Perplexity Computer into working solutions that drive measurable impact. This role is ideal for technical, consultative professionals who have led complex software implementations and can move comfortably between customer discovery, solution design, hands-on delivery, and executive communication. About the role Perplexity Computer is a new class of AI system that navigates tools, interacts with applications, and completes multi-step workflows end to end. Our customers are using Computer to transform work that traditional software has not been able to address. Applied AI Architects work directly with customers across presales, onboarding, adoption, and strategic engagements. You will uncover the real business problem, determine what Computer can credibly support, design and configure the workflow, and lead the engagement to a clear outcome. This is a hands-on, customer-facing role at the intersection of solutions architecture, technical consulting, and program delivery. You will work closely with Sales and Customer Success while serving as a quality filter for requests that require Product or Engineering. What

- **Id**: 127273
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/perplexity-ai-forward-deployed-engineer-perplexity-computer>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: San Francisco, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-08-26T22:54:38Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-26
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-15T05:27:22Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 80
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5298
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: LLM & Generative AI, Search Engines, Foundation Models, AI Search

## Company

- **Id**: 3
- **Name**: Perplexity AI
- **Domain**: perplexity.ai
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/perplexity>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 77
- **Open postings**: 36
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.722
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 61
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 200000
- **Max**: 250000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 250000

## Technologies

- **Perplexity** — Optional: no
- **LLM** — Optional: yes
- **Model Context Protocol** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 80

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-08-26T22:54:38Z

## Visa

- Country: US; Licensed sponsor: yes; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 0; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: H-1B filings in 12 months: 18; Filings 12m: 18

## Liveness

- **Score**: 26
- **Band**: fade
- **Label**: Fading
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.595
- **P room**: 0.44
- **Age days**: 80
- **Expected fill days**: 61
- **Reasons**: conf:2, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-15T07:52:55Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 250000
- **Is top pay**: no

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