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Member of Technical Staff (Senior QA Web Engineer)

Perplexity is hiring a Member of Technical Staff (Senior QA Web Engineer) in New York, United States. It pays $140k-$160k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Perplexity.

Level's read on this job

  • Level rates this software engineer role Uses AI ●●○○: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
  • The posting mentions Claude, Cursor and Claude Code among its tools and skills.
  • Level classes it as a senior role.
  • Perplexity has 136 other open roles on Level.

AI in this role

Senior QA Web Engineer responsible for testing core web products and proactively using AI coding tools to debug issues and ship fixes.

ClaudeCursorClaude CodeBrowser Devtools
qa-testingweb-developmentdebuggingend-to-end-testingai-assisted-coding

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

How we rate this

Member of Technical Staff (Senior QA Web Engineer) at Perplexity rates 45 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.

  1. ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
  2. ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
  3. ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
  4. ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.

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Skills and AI tools this role asks for

Qa TestingWeb DevelopmentDebuggingEnd To End TestingAI Assisted CodingClaudeCursorClaude Code

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Pay

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$140k
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$167k

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  1. Tell me about a project where qa testing was part of your work. What did you do?
  2. Tell me about a project where web development was part of your work. What did you do?
  3. Tell me about a project where debugging was part of your work. What did you do?
  4. Tell me about a project where end to end testing was part of your work. What did you do?
  5. Tell me about a project where ai assisted coding was part of your work. What did you do?

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