Anti-Fraud & Abuse Engineer

@ Perplexity

About Perplexity

Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine founded in December 2022 and growing rapidly as one of the world’s leading AI platforms. With over $1B raised from visionary investors, our platform handles over 780 million queries monthly.

Role Overview

The Anti-Fraud & Abuse Engineer at Perplexity is responsible for designing, implementing, and operating advanced monitoring and detection systems that prevent fraudulent behaviors and abuse of our services.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate monitoring systems to detect fraud.
• Perform adversary hunting to detect product abuse.
• Analyze misuse of products and services and mitigate cost impacts.
• Research emerging abuse techniques and generate intelligence reports.
• Collaborate with external threat intelligence partners.
• Establish best practices for fraud and abuse detection programs.

Qualifications

• Experience in designing and operating fraud detection systems.
• Background in security, adversarial machine learning, or threat intelligence.
• Familiarity with adversarial tactics targeting AI systems.
• Excellent communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.

Compensation & Benefits

Cash compensation ranges from $250,000 to $350,000 with potential equity options. Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance and a 401(k) plan are provided.

Key skills/competency

• Fraud Detection
• Security Monitoring
• Adversarial Hunting
• Threat Intelligence
• Machine Learning
• Abuse Prevention
• Risk Mitigation
• System Design
• Data Analysis
• Communication