Member of Technical Staff, Forward Deployed
Quick facts
- Pay
- $175,000 - $260,000
- Type
- Full-time
- Location
- New York, NY
- Skills
- Python, TypeScript, Rust, React, Figma, AWS
- Industry
- Information Technology — 671 open jobs
- Apply
- Free to apply — never pay anyone for a job offer or visa sponsorship
Job description
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 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.js for client-specific features
- Architect solutions that handle enterprise-scale data volumes and security requirements
- Debug complex issues spanning client infrastructure and Profound systems
- Optimize performance for clients processing millions of daily queries
- Lead technical discussions with client engineering teams and C-suite executives
- Join client calls to understand requirements and translate them into technical solutions
- Present technical architectures and implementation plans to diverse audiences
- Build trusted relationships with technical champions at Fortune 500 companies
- Conduct technical workshops and training sessions for client teams
- Identify patterns in client needs and partner with Product to build scalable solutions
- Contribute to core product development based on field insights
- Build reusable components and libraries for common integration patterns
- Document technical solutions and create implementation guides
- Influence the product roadmap with direct customer feedback
- Lead enterprise proofs of concept that unlock multi-million dollar contracts
- Design data pipelines integrating with client business intelligence tools and data warehouses
- Build custom dashboards and reporting solutions for executive stakeholders
- Develop automation workflows connecting AI insights to business processes
Who You Are
- 2 or more years of software engineering experience working with production systems
- Strong proficiency in TypeScript, Next.js, and React
- Solid Python experience for backend development and data processing
- Experience with REST APIs and system integration patterns
- Database experience including PostgreSQL and time-series databases
- Comfort working with cloud platforms, with AWS preferred
- Rust experience is a plus but not required
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders
- Comfort presenting to and building relationships with executive audiences
- Experience working directly with enterprise clients
- Strong problem-solving skills under pressure
- Ability to context-switch across multiple client engagements
- Strong customer obsession and genuine care for client success
- Engineering rigor with a focus on clean, maintainable, production-ready code
- Strategic thinking that connects technical work to business impact
- Ownership mentality with end-to-end responsibility for client relationships
- Growth mindset with comfort operating in ambiguity and rapid change
- Motivated by shaping how Fortune 500 companies adapt to the AI revolution
- Energized by visibility across customers that informs product and go-to-market strategy
Location
This is an on-site role 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.
Visa sponsorship record: Profound Platform, Inc .
Sponsors occasionally| Fiscal year | H-1B LCAs | USCIS approvals | USCIS denials | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 1 | — | — | — |
This exact kind of role (Software Developers) isn't among the roles Profound Platform, Inc . sponsored most often.
Roles they sponsor most
- engineering manager1 LCA · median $200k
- head of engineering1 LCA · median $250k
Which visas can work for this job
Occupation: Software Developers (SOC 15-1252).
- H-1B cap-exempt employer
Regular cap-subject employer — a new H-1B needs to win the lottery in March (unless you already hold cap-counted H-1B status).
- TN (citizens of Canada and Mexico)
This kind of role may fit the USMCA profession “Computer Systems Analyst (or Engineer, for engineering-degree holders)” — it depends on the actual duties. No lottery, no cap; you need the matching degree or license.
- E-3 (Australia) and H-1B1 (Chile, Singapore)
Same degree requirement as H-1B, but no lottery and a separate quota that is rarely filled.
- O-1 (extraordinary ability)
For candidates with awards, publications, press, a high salary or critical roles at distinguished organizations. No cap, no lottery; the employer files a petition.
- STEM OPT extension (F-1 students)
Requires an E-Verify employer. We didn't find this company in the E-Verify list — ask HR.
- Green card (EB-2 / EB-3 via PERM)
Filed 1 PERM labor certification: they have a track record of sponsoring permanent residence.
Salary vs prevailing wage
Level IV (fully competent)Software Developers · New York (state median of areas). Annual prevailing wages set by the Department of Labor (OFLC).
| Level | Prevailing wage | H-1B lottery odds* |
|---|---|---|
| Level I | $84,937 | ~15% |
| Level II | $107,244 | ~31% |
| Level III | $128,658 | ~46% |
| Level IV | $149,208 | ~61% |
This job pays $175,000–$260,000 a year — that's Level IV (fully competent). In the wage-weighted H-1B lottery a Level IV registration gets 4 entries; estimated selection chance about 61% — better than average.
* Odds are DHS projections for the FY2027 wage-weighted lottery (actual results vary by year and employer). Since the FY2027 cap season the H-1B lottery is weighted by wage level: Level I = 1 entry, II = 2, III = 3, IV = 4. The level is set by the offered wage against the prevailing wage for the occupation and worksite. Separately, a $100,000 fee for new H-1B petitions for workers outside the US was announced in 2025; as of September 2026 a federal court ruling keeps it unenforceable while appeals continue — check the current status.
Sources: U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure data (H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 LCA, PERM), OFLC prevailing wage data, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, E-Verify participating employers. Data loaded: LCA FY2024–FY2026, PERM, USCIS Data Hub, OFLC wages; updated 2026-10-03. Employers are matched by name, so records of companies with similar names can occasionally be mixed up. This is general information, not legal advice — talk to an immigration attorney about your case.