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At a glance
Perplexity is hiring a University Recruiter in San Francisco, CA. It is a full-time role in HR & Talent, asking for at least 4 years of experience, first listed on November 5. The advertised pay is $165,000–$200,000 a year. Perplexity has 99 other openings in the US, 96 of them in San Francisco, CA. Across all employers on USA Jobs 24 there are 59 HR & Talent openings in San Francisco, CA today; the typical one asks for 6 years and advertises about $164,000 a year at the midpoint.
How the pay compares
Perplexity advertises $165,000 to $200,000 a year, a midpoint of $182,500 a year. Where an offer lands in a range usually depends on experience and on the exact location. That is higher than about 58% of the 74 HR & talent jobs in California that publish a yearly rate on USA Jobs 24, where the typical midpoint is $178,000 a year. To see roughly what this leaves after federal and California tax, try our take-home pay calculator.
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- Check the location works for you. This role is based in San Francisco, CA. If you would need to move, ask whether relocation help is offered.
- Match the experience. The advert asks for at least 4 years of experience. If you are a little short, a close match on the skills in the advert can still win an interview.
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About hiring at Perplexity
Perplexity has 100 openings on USA Jobs 24 today across 4 states. Most are in software & IT (32), data & AI (18) and marketing (12). The biggest locations are San Francisco, CA (97), New York, NY (61) and Palo Alto, CA (10). 2% of them are remote, 3% are open to entry-level candidates and 99% show pay. We collect Perplexity's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Ashby), never from job boards or agencies.
The employer's advert
This is Perplexity's own description of the job, copied word for word from its careers site. We have not edited it.
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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.).
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