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Member of Technical Staff (Senior QA Web Engineer)

Perplexity

Company websiteperplexity.ai (Perplexity, opens in new tab)

Base salary $140K  to $160K

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in New York City, NY +1 more

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  • LocationNew York City, NY +1 more
  • WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
  • Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
  • Last checked (2 h ago) · observed since
All places named
  • New York City, NY
  • San Francisco, CA

About this job

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior QA Web Engineer to join our Web QA team and help maintain the quality of the core web experience used by millions of people every day.

In this role, you’ll test the web products and work closely with engineers to find, report, and help resolve issues early. You’ll also look at how the web experience fits into the wider Perplexity product ecosystem, making sure key flows work consistently across surfaces.


Key Responsibilities

  • Test Perplexity’s web product across browsers, devices, and screen sizes, checking functionality, reliability, and performance throughout the development cycle.

  • Run end-to-end integration testing with other Perplexity products, validating shared flows, accounts, and features.

  • Work directly with engineers to prioritize critical bugs, write clear and actionable bug reports, and help get issues resolved.

  • Create and maintain test documentation, including test cases, checklists, and test plans, keeping them current as the product changes.

  • Analyze high-impact user-reported issues and incidents, then share insights that help improve both the product and our QA process.

  • Fix small, low-risk issues yourself where appropriate, shipping simple fixes to reduce engineering overhead and speed up resolution.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in QA, with strong hands-on experience testing web applications

  • Solid experience with web testing, including cross-browser and responsive testing, debugging with browser DevTools (console, network, performance), and validating functionality across environments and builds

  • Experience with integration and end-to-end testing across multiple connected products or services

  • Strong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with engineering, product, and other QA teams

  • Proactive use of AI coding tools (e.g. Cursor, Claude Code) to navigate the codebase, debug issues, and ship small fixes independently 

Source: Perplexity on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)

Pay in context

This role's base floor ($140,000) is above 24% of the 612 Data & ML roles in New York listed on this site; 22 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $170,000; the middle half runs from $140,000 to $197,300.

Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 8, 2026.

This range next to 6 other live Perplexity roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live Perplexity roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
Member of Technical Staff (Senior QA Web Engineer) (this listing)$140K - $160K
Billing Operations Lead$140K - $185K
Associate Product Marketing Manager$135K - $180K
Scaled Enterprise Customer Success Manager$150K - $175K
Sales Onboarding Manager$150K - $175K
Senior Cinematographer, Brand Studio$150K - $180K
IT Engineer$150K - $180K

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All Perplexity roles · How to read the bar

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Employer-stated posting date
2026-10-05
Where this pay comes from

Location as the employer wrote it: New York City • San Francisco

USD 140,000 – 160,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary

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