University Recruiter
Company websiteperplexity.ai (Perplexity, opens in new tab)
Base salary $165K to $200K
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in San Francisco, CA +1 more
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- LocationSan Francisco, CA +1 more
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (1 h ago) · observed since
All places named
- San Francisco, CA
- New York City, NY
About this job
Each year, Perplexity hires an exceptional cohort of early career talent to join our technical team. We’re looking for a University Recruiter to architect our early career programs and shape our strategy for attracting and evaluating the world’s most elite early-career talent.
This is a full-stack role where you’ll be responsible for all aspects of campus lifecycle recruiting: building relationships with external organizations, driving partnerships with internal stakeholders, and running full-cycle recruiting for all candidates. You’ll enjoy incredible latitude to design our programs and candidate experiences end-to-end, along with high-taste playbooks for how we bring the best and brightest to Perplexity.
What You’ll Do
Own full-cycle recruiting process for all early career candidates from sourcing to closing.
Partner closely with leaders at Perplexity on workforce planning, hiring strategy, and candidate evaluation.
Build and scale a strategy that goes far beyond the usual playbooks. Explore creative, unconventional ways to build a talent brand and foster relationships that help uncover hidden superstar talent.
Plan and execute campus programming including but not limited to technical talks, coding competitions and hackathons, on-campus interviews, and VIP events.
What You Bring
4+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience owning university, campus, intern or early-career hiring.
Strong organizational mindset–this role is high volume and pressure, juggling multiple workstreams and candidates that you’ll have to manage.
Willingness to travel up to 25%, concentrated during fall and spring recruiting seasons.
Nice to Have
Existing relationships with top CS, ML and engineering programs, research labs or competitive programming communities (ICPC, USACO, etc.).
Source: Perplexity on Ashby · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($165,000) is above 66% of the 522 HR & Recruiting roles in California listed on this site; 12 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $150,000; the middle half runs from $126,438 to $170,900.
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 7, 2026.
This listingUniversity Recruiter$165K to $200K
Go-to-Market Recruiter$165K to $200K
Sr. Business Recruiter, Communications & Marketing$165K to $200K
Sales Enablement Operations Manager$165K to $210K
Technical Recruiter, AI$165K to $200K
Technical Customer Success Manager, API$170K to $220K
Member of Technical Staff (TPM, Inference)$170K to $265K
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| University Recruiter (this listing) | $165K - $200K |
| Go-to-Market Recruiter | $165K - $200K |
| Sr. Business Recruiter, Communications & Marketing | $165K - $200K |
| Sales Enablement Operations Manager | $165K - $210K |
| Technical Recruiter, AI | $165K - $200K |
| Technical Customer Success Manager, API | $170K - $220K |
| Member of Technical Staff (TPM, Inference) | $170K - $265K |
Observed changes
- First observed on the employer's board
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
- fields changed
- Observed since
- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-11-05
Where this pay comes from
Location as the employer wrote it: San Francisco • New York City
USD 165,000 – 200,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary
- Method
- Structured pay field published by the employer
- Checked
- Rule set
- us-base-v2
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What we verified
- The pay figures come from the employer's own listing, quoted exactly above.
- The pay is an annual base salary in US dollars with a minimum of at least $100,000.
- The role was publicly listed on the employer's job board when last checked.
We do not verify what the employer will actually offer, whether the employer is still recruiting for the role, or anything beyond what the employer published. Full methodology.
