Engineering Site Lead

Join Perplexity as the Engineering Site Lead in London. This is a unique opportunity to establish and scale our London office, build teams and culture from the ground up, and drive technical excellence in infrastructure and AI systems. You will serve as the face of Perplexity in London, directly managing one or more infrastructure teams and working cross-functionally with teams across our global footprint.

• Establish and lead Perplexity's London office, setting the cultural foundation and operating principles.
• Build a collaborative, high-performance engineering culture that aligns with Perplexity's values while embracing the strengths of the London tech ecosystem.
• Directly manage and mentor one or more infrastructure or AI infrastructure teams in London, setting technical direction and strategy for London-based initiatives.
• Passion for building inclusive, diverse, and high-performing teams
• 10+ years of experience in software engineering with 5+ years in infrastructure, cloud infrastructure, or AI infrastructure roles
• Experience working in fast-paced, high-growth technology companies
• Proven track record of establishing or significantly growing an engineering site or office
• Strong understanding of modern infrastructure technologies: Kubernetes, Terraform, container orchestration, CI/CD systems
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Demonstrated ability to set technical vision and drive execution across multiple teams
• Experience with infrastructure supporting large-scale AI/ML systems, including:
• 3+ years of people management experience, including building and scaling teams
• GPU infrastructure and orchestration
• Deep technical expertise in distributed systems, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and infrastructure automation
• Model serving and deployment at scale
• ML training and inference pipelines
• Experience at companies focused on AI/ML, search, or large-scale consumer applications
• Previous experience as a site lead, office lead, or similar multi-team leadership role
• Background in building infrastructure for LLM training or inference
• Contributions to open-source infrastructure or AI infrastructure projects
• Experience scaling teams from 0 to 20+ engineers
• Active involvement in the London or European tech community
• MBA or advanced technical degree