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

May 31, 2016

Amazing technology, vision and execusion

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The ability to execute is outstanding. Solving extremely difficult technical problems that others have tried and failed. Management is very transparent and honest with the employees. If you work hard you will move up. One of they key members of the executive team joined as a software engineer and moved up.

Cons

The company is after a long-term vision so things can take longer, but the company has consistently delivered with outstanding results.

4.0

Jan 3, 2016

good place for short term contract work

Data annotator

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Flexibility with scheduling, high pay per hour, convenience, good management

Cons

tedious work as an annotator

5.0

Feb 10, 2015

Making amazing experiences, if you can handle a startup

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

While the company has grown a lot since its early days, it still has an informal and "just go for it" culture. If someone has a "random but great" idea, there is a good chance that idea will make it into a product. There are some brilliant minds on the engineering teams, and the leadership is creative and adaptive.

Cons

Because this space is competitive, it can feel like you are constantly "on deadline" and there is a (correct) sense that mistakes are costly. Even though great ideas can and do make it into products, you have to be very persuasive.

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