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Member of Technical Staff, Backend

Profound · New York, New York · On-site

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About Profound

Profound is the AI marketing platform built for the agentic era. See what your customers ask AI, deploy agents to act on it, and measure the results in a collaborative workbench. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed and Sequoia.

About the role

Architect and develop high-performance backend systems that support AI-driven analytics Build and maintain scalable APIs to power real-time insights and data retrieval

What they're looking for

  • A strong portfolio or GitHub showcasing backend development expertise
  • Proficient in Node.js, Python, or Rust, with experience in scalable backend architecture
  • Deep understanding of databases including PostgreSQL, MySQL, or OLAP databases, and query optimization
  • Experience designing efficient data pipelines and working with distributed systems
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure such as AWS, GCP, or Azure and containerization including Docker and Kubernetes
  • Strong grasp of security best practices, API authentication, and performance tuning
More about this role

Profound is the fastest-growing AI marketing platform, used by 15% of the Fortune 500 including Comcast, Estée Lauder, and Walmart, and innovators like Ramp, MongoDB, and Figma. It is where marketing teams do the work: research, briefs, content, campaigns, reporting, all in one place, alongside agents that carry the load with them.

Built on 2B+ real user prompts and growing, Profound’s data shows you what people ask AI and what the models say back. Profound's AI Marketer joins that data with deep context about our customers to find the opportunities worth acting on, and then puts agents to work: automating reporting, drafting content, auditing pages for readability, running competitive research. It measures what works and gets better every day.

As a Backend Engineer, you will build and optimize the infrastructure that powers our AI-driven insights. You will design scalable APIs, process large datasets efficiently, and ensure high-performance systems that help businesses take control of their AI presence.

Architect and develop high-performance backend systems that support AI-driven analytics

Build and maintain scalable APIs to power real-time insights and data retrieval

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