Profound
Member of Technical Staff, Backend
$140K–$265K
New York, New York +2 · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Feb 9, 2026
- Location
- New York, New York
San Francisco, California
Buenos Aires, Argentina - Experience
- 4+ years
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is available for qualified international candidates.
About the job
Build and optimize backend infrastructure, APIs, and data pipelines that power Profound’s AI-driven marketing insights.
What you'll do
- Architect and develop high-performance backend systems and scalable APIs for analytics and real-time data retrieval.
- Optimize pipelines for large structured and unstructured datasets while ensuring security, performance, and reliability.
- Collaborate with front-end engineers and data scientists, and make technical decisions that balance speed with maintainability.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of experience.
- Strong backend development portfolio or GitHub; proficiency in Node.js, Python, or Rust and scalable backend architecture.
- Database expertise, including PostgreSQL, MySQL, or OLAP databases, and query optimization; experience with data pipelines and distributed systems.
- Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or Azure and Docker and Kubernetes; knowledge of security, API authentication, and performance tuning.
Pay
$175,000 to $265,000 USD base salary; $140K – $230K USD total pay
Tools
Node.js, Python, Rust, PostgreSQL, MySQL, AWS, GCP, Azure
AI focus
Build infrastructure and data pipelines for AI-driven analytics and insights.
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