Member of Technical Staff, Infrastructure

Slope; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 175,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Profound is a marketing platform powering AI-powered search. We are looking for an Infrastructure Engineer to design and scale systems that support rapid growth in NYC or SF.

This on-site role requires building reliable, cost-efficient infrastructure with strong observability. You'll work across product and research teams, implement IaC with Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes, and optimize performance and security.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in building scalable infrastructure and cloud environments.
• Experience with CI/CD and monitoring is required.
• Strong scripting or programming skills with Python; Rust a plus.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain core infrastructure across cloud environments.
• Build IaC workflows to automate deployments and scaling.
• Improve monitoring, logging, and alerting for reliability.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines for seamless deployments.
• Support disaster recovery and high availability.
• Collaborate with product and research teams to scale architectures.
• Identify and fix performance bottlenecks in compute, storage, networking.
• Apply security best practices and compliance standards.

Skills

Cloud platforms (AWS preferred)

Programming in Python

Rust (willingness to learn)

Observability and monitoring

Distributed architectures

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Profound is the marketing platform for the age of AI search. The way brands reach people is being rewritten — AI models like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Mode are now the answer layer between companies and their customers. We built the platform marketers use to understand, measure, and win in that world: the analytics, intelligence, and agent automation that turn AI search from a threat into a competitive advantage.

We went from 0 to a $1B valuation in 18 months. Revenue grew 100x last year. Our customers include 15% of the Fortune 500 like Walmart, Wayfair and U.S. Bank, and innovators like Ramp, MongoDB, and Figma. We are backed by Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, LSVP, and Khosla Ventures — and we are moving fast enough that the people joining now are building the playbook everyone who comes after them will run.

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 do

• Design 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 are

• Strong 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

Location

This 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.