About Alpha Sense:

The world’s most sophisticated companies rely on Alpha Sense to remove uncertainty from decision-making. With market intelligence and search built on proven AI, Alpha Sense delivers insights that matter from content you can trust. Our universe of public and private content includes equity research, company filings, event transcripts, expert calls, news, trade journals, and clients’ own research content.

The acquisition of Tegus by Alpha Sense in 2024 advances our shared mission to empower professionals to make smarter decisions through AI-driven market intelligence. Together, Alpha Sense and Tegus will accelerate growth, innovation, and content expansion, with complementary product and content capabilities that enable users to unearth even more comprehensive insights from thousands of content sets. Our platform is trusted by over 6,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500. Founded in 2011, Alpha Sense is headquartered in New York City with more than 2,000 employees across the globe and offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, India, Singapore, Canada, and Ireland. Come join us!

About the Role

We are looking for a Front End focused Staff Software Engineer to join our team and lead efforts in building scalable, performant, and reliable software systems that power the Alpha Sense platform. You will play a key role in shaping technical architecture, mentoring engineers, and driving engineering excellence across teams. This is a high-impact role for an experienced engineer who thrives on solving complex problems and delivering robust, customer-focused solutions.

Who you are

• Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Computer Science or related discipline from IITs/NITs/BITS or other Tier I colleges (preferred).

• Minimum 8 years of software development experience building scalable, high-performing, and robust applications.

• Strong proficiency in JavaScript with solid experience in full-stack development.

• Expertise in modern web frameworks such as React, TypeScript, and GraphQL.

• Identify and codify React performance best practices, architectural trade offs, and code level improvements in the existing codebase.

• Strong computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, multithreading, distributed systems).

• Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases (e.g., DynamoDB, MySQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, Solr/Vespa/Lucene).

• Working knowledge of Java and Spring framework (a strong plus).

• Cloud-native development experience with AWS or GCP.

• Skilled with containerization and orchestration tools (Kubernetes, Docker, Helm).

• Familiarity with observability tools and platforms (monitoring, logging, tracing).

• Demonstrated ability to lead technically within distributed, cross-functional teams.

• Awareness of AI-driven development trends and ability to leverage AI tools and frameworks to enhance productivity and product capabilities.

• Experience working with LLM applications, agent frameworks, or AI/ML infrastructure

• Passion for modern engineering tools and practices, including AI-assisted development (e.g., Claude, Cursor).

• Prior experience at global technology companies or fast-scaling product organizations with strong engineering cultures.

What You’ll Do

• Design and build high-quality, performant, and scalable software systems across backend and frontend.

• Lead technical design discussions, clarify requirements, and deliver effective and maintainable solutions.

• Take ownership of full-stack development projects, from backend APIs (Node.js/Java) to front-end integration.

• Apply best practices in DevOps, CI/CD, and cloud-native engineering to improve delivery efficiency.

• Mentor and coach engineers, raising the technical bar across the team.

• Collaborate with globally distributed teams and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Drive innovation by evaluating and adopting emerging technologies where relevant.

• Partner with other teams to integrate and optimize intelligent features and workflows within the platform.

Alpha Sense is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling Alpha Sense’s commitment to equal employment opportunity. Alpha Sense does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any other non-merit factor. This policy applies to every aspect of employment at Alpha Sense, including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, and termination.

In addition, it is the policy of Alpha Sense to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances where a particular employee works.

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• Alpha Sense never asks candidates to pay for job applications, equipment, or training.

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If you believe you’ve been targeted by a scam or have any doubts regarding the authenticity of any job listing purportedly from or on behalf of Alpha Sense please contact us. Your security and trust matter to us.