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Member of Technical Staff (Machine Learning Research Engineer)

Perplexity - Berlin, Germany

Posted Apr 3, 2026

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$111,944 U.S. median for this role
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+13.7% - Much faster than average

Matched to SOC 15-1252 - Data and ML aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

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Member of Technical Staff (Machine Learning Research Engineer) Berlin, Germany Perplexity is seeking an experienced Machine Learning Research Engineer to help build the next generation of advanced search technologies, with a focus on retrieval and ranking. Responsibilities - Relentlessly push search quality forward - through models, data, tools, or any other leverage available - Architect and build core components of the search platform and model stack - Design, train, and optimize large-scale deep learning models using frameworks like PyTorch, leveraging distributed training (e.g., PyTorch Distributed, DeepSpeed, FSDP) and hardware acceleration, with a focus on retrieval and ranking models - Conduct advanced research in representation learning, including contrastive learning, multilingual, and multimodal modeling for search and retrieval - Deploy models - from boosting algorithms to LLMs - in a scalable and performant way - Build and optimize RAG pipelines for grounding and answer generation - Collaborate with Data, AI, Infrastructure, and Product teams to ensure fast and high-quality delivery Qualifications - Deep understanding of search and retrieval systems, including quality evaluation principles and metrics - Proven track record with large-scale search or recommender systems - Strong proficiency with PyTorch, including experience in distributed training techniques and performance optimization for large models - Expertise in representation learning, including contrastive learning and embedding space alignment for multilingual and multimodal applications - Strong publication record in AI/ML conferences or workshops (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ACL, CVPR, SIGIR) - Self-driven, with a strong sense of ownership and execution - Minimum of 3 years (preferably 5+)

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