Profound Salary

💰 $165K–$240K salary range

Median: $200K  ·  Based on 89 public Profound job postings  ·  Updated June 9, 2026

This Profound salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Highest-paying open roles at Profound

• Tech Lead Manager, Foundations — $230K–$275K · Engineering
• VP of Account Management — $200K–$300K · GTM
• Controller — $180K–$300K · Finance
• Director, GTM Enablement — $220K–$250K · GTM
• AI Strategist, Team Lead — $180K–$280K · AI Strategy & Research
• Security Engineer — $200K–$250K · Engineering

Profound salary by department

• Product: $250K median (6 roles)
• Engineering: $250K median (11 roles)
• Data: $250K median (4 roles)
• Design: $250K median (3 roles)
• Operations: $200K median (5 roles)
• People: $195K median (8 roles)
• Marketing: $180K median (14 roles)
• Customer Success: $180K median (10 roles)

Profound salary by seniority

• Junior: $150K median (7)
• Mid: $200K median (46)
• Manager: $195K median (29)

Profound salary by location

• New York: $200K median (87 roles)
• San Francisco: $210K median (3 roles)

Remote work at Profound

2% of Profound's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Profound looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (12) · AWS (8) · PostgreSQL (5) · TypeScript (5) · JavaScript (4) · Rust (4) · React (3) · Next.js (3) · GCP (3) · Azure (3).

About Profound

Profound is Series C stage · 101–250 employees · founded 2024 · HQ New York, New York. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Profound

Roles typically ask for around 3 years of experience (up to 10+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 2 that do, Associate's is most common.

Base salary vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are base salary only. Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 88% of these postings reference equity (options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Profound total compensation signals

Beyond base salary, postings indicate: 14% include commission; common structures: salaried. Bonus, commission, and equity vary by role and are not included in the base medians above.

Profound hiring activity

Profound has 83 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 92 public job postings with disclosed pay. 12 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (92 in the last 90).

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• Mercor — median $300K
• Engine — median $170K
• Hadrian — median $210K
• Owner — median $220K
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Common questions

What does Profound pay?
The median base salary is $200K, with a typical range of $164K–$233K, based on 92 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Profound?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Tech Lead Manager, Foundations, at $230K–$275K base.

Which team pays the most at Profound?
The Product team, at a $250K median.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

USD base salary aggregated from 92 public Profound job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed June 10, 2026.

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