Profound Series C

Forward Deployed Engineer

New York, NY On-site $140K–$260K Entry (0-2 yrs) Added Jun 22

About the role

Profound is the marketing platform for the AI era. As people increasingly turn to ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini to decide what to buy, we give brands the intelligence to see how AI represents them and the Agents to act on it. Today, ~13% of the Fortune 500, plus companies like Ramp, Figma, Chime, Calendly, and DocuSign, use Profound to turn AI Search from a black box into a measurable growth channel. Backed by Lightspeed, Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, and Khosla Ventures at a $1B valuation, we're a lean, fast-moving team across NYC, SF, Buenos Aires, and London, shipping at a relentless pace and defining a new category at the biggest shift in marketing in 25 years. If you want to do the best work of your career at the frontier of AI, come build it with us. As a Forward Deployed Engineer at Profound, you will be the technical bridge between our engineering team and our Fortune 500 clients. You will combine deep engineering expertise with exceptional communication skills to ensure our most strategic customers successfully integrate and maximize value from our platform. You will write production code, architect custom integrations, and solve complex technical challenges while sitting in client meetings, presenting to CTOs, and translating between engineering and executive stakeholders. This is not a support role. You are a full-stack engineer who loves working directly with customers. WHAT YOU’LL DO - Design and build custom integrations connecting Profound’s platform to enterprise systems - Write production-quality code in TypeScript, Python, and Next.

Industry

AI / Search Optimization (AISO)

Top skills for this role

  • TypeScript/Python/Next.js full-stack engineering
  • 2. Fortune 500 enterprise customer integration and technical partnership
  • 3. AI Search Optimization platform (ChatGPT/Perplexity/Gemini brand presence)

Languages

TypeScriptPython

Frameworks & tools

Next.jsReactPostgreSQLAWSREST APIstime-series databases

AI / ML skills

AI search optimization (ChatGPT/Perplexity/Gemini brand presence measurement and influence)production data pipelines at enterprise scale

Customer skills

Writing production code; architecting Fortune 500 custom integrations; leading C-suite and CTO discussions; POC delivery unlocking multi-million dollar contracts; technical workshops

Domain knowledge

Enterprise AI search optimization (AISO); Fortune 500 enterprise data systems and BI tools

Travel: Not specified (on-site NYC / SF)
Equity: Yes

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