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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Item: SoundHound
Rating: 4
Author: Current employee - Software Engineer

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

Feb 21, 2022

Great opportunity for those with linguistic background to transit to tech

Mandarin data specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Decent internship (Chinese standard of course).

Cons

There are no cons. hh

SoundHound Response

Thank you for being part of the SoundHound Data Programs team, and for sharing your feedback here! If you'd like to share any additional insights, including ways that we can continue to improve your experience, please feel free to reach out to me directly via jonw@soundhound.com to set up time to chat with me or a member of the executive leadership team!

4.0

Jul 14, 2021

Great team of smart. hard working engineers

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The culture is full of insightful engineers who share knowledge freely and transparently.

Cons

Most of the company is based out of America so you may require remote engagement with team members. If you prefer strictly in person interactions this may not be for you.

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