Talent Engineer

Profound
New York
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 130,000 - 200,000 annuallyFunction: People, HR & TalentSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Autonomy","Cross-functional collaboration","Attention to detail"]

As the first Talent Engineer at Profound, you will design and build the tooling and automation infrastructure powering recruiting at scale. You’ll create AI-powered sourcing, screening, scheduling, and analytics pipelines, integrate ATS and sourcing platforms, and enable recruiters to source better, move faster, and close more — with a data-driven, autonomous approach.

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Profound
4 months ago

Talent Engineer

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Job Summary

As the first Talent Engineer at Profound, you will design and build the tooling and automation infrastructure powering recruiting at scale. You’ll create AI-powered sourcing, screening, scheduling, and analytics pipelines, integrate ATS and sourcing platforms, and enable recruiters to source better, move faster, and close more — with a data-driven, autonomous approach.
Location: New York
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: People, HR & Talent

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build AI-powered sourcing pipelines that identify and surface qualified candidates across LinkedIn, GitHub, job boards, and other sources, calibrated to profiles that matter for each role
  • •Automate resume screening and skills matching against role-specific scorecards to focus recruiters on candidates worth talking to
  • •Eliminate scheduling friction through automated coordination and candidate status communications
  • •Build pipeline analytics and reporting for real-time visibility into hiring velocity, source quality, cost per hire, and time to fill
  • •Build an outbound recruiting motion to reach candidates directly and systematically, reducing reliance on external agencies

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 130,000 - 200,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •High-agency builder who approaches recruiting as a systems and data problem and can ship tooling that a recruiting team will actually adopt
  • •Technically fluent in Python or JavaScript, comfortable building integrations across ATS platforms, job boards, calendar systems, and communication tools
  • •AI-native thinker who defaults to automation and experiments with new approaches to sourcing, screening, and candidate communication
  • •Experience building recruiting or HR technology, ideally at a company that builds tools in that space
  • •Familiar with applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, and the operational workflows that sit around them
Experience:HR technologyRecruiting
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingAutonomyCross-functional collaborationAttention to detail
Tech Stack:PythonJavaScriptAPIsATSJob boardsCalendar systemsAutomation

Company Brief

Profound
Builds an AI visibility and answer‑engine optimization platform that helps enterprise brands measure, optimize, and control how they appear across ChatGPT, Google AI, Perplexity and other AI/answer engines.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: New York, United States
Founded: 2024
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