Engineering Site Lead

Join Perplexity as the Engineering Site Lead in London. You'll establish and scale our London office, build a high-performance engineering culture, and directly manage infrastructure teams. This role requires deep technical expertise, people management experience, and a passion for building inclusive teams.

• 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.

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