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 an Infrastructure Engineer, you will build and scale the systems that power our rapid growth. You will ensure our infrastructure is highly available, cost-effective, and able to handle explosive traffic and compute demands. You will work closely with engineers across product, research, and operations to design scalable architectures, streamline deployments, and improve observability.
What you’ll doDesign and maintain core infrastructure across cloud environments
Build infrastructure-as-code workflows to automate deployments and scaling
Improve monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to maintain reliability
Manage CI/CD pipelines to ensure seamless deployments
Support disaster recovery planning and ensure high availability of systems
Partner with product and research teams to design architectures that scale with workload demands
Identify and fix performance bottlenecks in compute, storage, and networking
Implement security best practices and compliance frameworks across infrastructure
Who you areStrong experience with cloud platforms, with AWS preferred
Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform
Deep experience with containers and orchestration, including Docker and Kubernetes
Solid understanding of distributed architectures
Programming proficiency in Python and Rust, or willingness to learn Rust quickly
Proven ability to ship reliable infrastructure in production environments
Growth mindset and eagerness to thrive in a hyper-growth, high-ownership environment
Experience with high-throughput, low-latency systems
Database scaling and optimization experience
Observability and monitoring expertise
Network architecture and performance tuning experience
Security and compliance experience
LocationThis is an on-site role based in our NYC or SF office, designed for builders who thrive on speed, iteration, and meaningful impact. We are happy to support visa sponsorship for qualified international candidates.
For this role, the expected base salary range is $175,000 to $260,000 (NYC and SF). Comp may vary by location. Profound’s total compensation package is designed to be competitive and includes base salary, equity, and a full range of benefits and perks. Final compensation will depend on factors such as your skills, experience, qualifications, and location, and will be determined during the interview process. Our recruiting team will share more details about the full compensation package and benefits as you move through hiring.
Note: All official communication from Profound will come from a @tryprofound.com email address. If you're contacted by anyone using a different domain, please disregard and report it as spam.