Senior Editor
Perplexity — San Francisco
Posted 2026-07-01
Perplexity is seeking a Senior Editor to lead the quality and velocity of everything we publish. Our content spans a range of audiences, channels, and objectives. You will set the editorial bar for excellence and make every writer around you measurably better.
If you treat a clunky sentence and a sprawling launch narrative as the same kind of craft, take pride in language without being precious about deadlines, and want to build a world-class editorial function from the ground up, this role is for you.
Responsibilities
- Own editorial quality end to end.
- Reject mediocrity.
- Demand clarity. Ensure accuracy.
- Be Perplexity. Evolve and enforce our voice. Everything we ship should sound like we shipped it.
- Be accountable. Hold objective authority in a sea of subjective opinions.
- Plan and manage the editorial calendar. Run prioritization and production for a fast-moving pipeline in a high-growth environment.
- Edit at every level. Player-coach plus team owner and stadium sponsor. Move fluidly from high-level editorial vision to developmental editing to line-level copy editing. Deliver feedback that makes the writing and the writer better.
- Mentor, elevate,