Engineering Manager (Security)

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ABOUT THE ROLE Perplexity's security team protects products used by millions of people and thousands of enterprises, including AI agents that browse the web, run code, and act in customer systems. The team is small, senior, and builds most of what it uses: our own detections, agents that triage and investigate alerts around the clock, continuous offensive testing, and secure-by-default platforms for the rest of engineering. We're also turning what we've built into cybersecurity products for customers, so the same team that defends Perplexity builds what we ship. We're looking for an Engineering Manager to lead and grow Security Engineering, including the engineers building our cybersecurity products. You'll own the team's execution and people, set the technical direction for how we defend our infrastructure, products, and corporate environment, and lead the product engineering work that brings those systems to customers. You'll stay close enough to the work to run an incident or review a design yourself. You'll report to Perplexity's head of security and work with engineering, infrastructure, IT, product, legal, and our co-founders. RESPONSIBILITIES - Lead, hire, and grow a team of…