Does SoundHound pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, SoundHound employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.4 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at SoundHound. This rating has improved by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at SoundHound?

50% of SoundHound employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated SoundHound 3.6 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.3 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at SoundHound?

Software Engineer (23) , Account Executive (7) , Marketing (7) , Senior Software Engineer (7) , Machine Learning Engineer (5) , Language Data Specialist (4) , SMB Account Executive (4) , Data Annotator (3) , Senior Machine Learning Engineer (3) , Director (2) , Intern (2) , Product Manager (2) , Sales (2) , Software Engineering Intern (2) , Software QA Engineer (2)

What are the pros of working at SoundHound according to real employee reviews?

"People are nice" ((in 23 reviews)); "Coming from a company that didn't have a great culture, not much room for growth, and a dated product" ((in 13 reviews)); "Bright colleagues, great location, lots of lunches, flexible work hours" ((in 10 reviews)); "Amazing team and people to work with." ((in 9 reviews)); "Great Leadership and Support Structure" ((in 7 reviews))

What are the cons of working at SoundHound according to real employee reviews?

"too much working hours, very competitive, not best benefits, not salary fair, unbalanced management" ((in 6 reviews)); "There are no bonuses, but I do a pretty good job, so my raises are pretty nice (10" ((in 4 reviews)); "Low compensation Lack of energy Projects are not interesting" ((in 4 reviews)); "no 401k match" ((in 3 reviews)); "Low pay" ((in 3 reviews))

What are employees saying about SoundHound layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about SoundHound layoffs and their outlook for job security at SoundHound in 2026.

What are the top reviewed SoundHound locations?

Santa Clara , Nashville , San Jose , New York , San Francisco , Los Angeles , Santa Clarita , Boulder

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SoundHound reviews

3.4

50% would recommend to a friend

(140 total reviews)

Keyvan Mohajer

58% approve of CEO

34% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.6

Work/Life balance

3.4

Compensation and benefits

3.3

Culture & values

3.2

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

SoundHound has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 140 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The SoundHound employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

140 reviews

5.0

Nov 12, 2018

The workplace culture is as positive as SoundHounders describe it to you!

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Autonomy, independence, growth, happiness, flexibility, friendliness, cleanliness, collaboration, passionate/educated team members, happy hours, multiple work locations across the globe, positive environment(s)

Cons

No cons come to mind, thus far.

4.0

Jun 21, 2018

Data Annotator

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexible Schedule and Happy hours!

Cons

Can't always work when you need to due to downtimes.

5.0

Mar 5, 2018

Friendly, helpful, open working environment

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

• Perfect combination of support and responsibilities, especially for a software developer fresh out of school. There is plenty of room to make mistakes, but also high enough expectations to encourage improvement. • The work is creative and allows you as a developer to work with cutting edge technology solving open-ended problems which may have never yet been attempted. • The working environment is friendly and everyone is willing to take the time to answer your questions. The employees are all very humble but also very competent, which means you will have plenty of experts in different fields willing and able to guide you.

Cons

• Many technologies used in everyday work need to updated to make work easier on the programmers; for example, the update to C++11 and Python 2.7 still hasn't been made, let alone updating to C++14 and Python 3.6. There are several other outdated technologies in use, but these two are the biggest offenders. • While the general experience of working on a large team and contributing to massive project with a groundbreaking approach is a very relevant experience, the actual day to day work is so unique that it will likely not make you more employable on its own.

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