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AlphaSense

Principal Software Engineer, Financial Data Platform & GenSearch Agent

AlphaSense · Remote - United States

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
80 days
AlphaSense's roles stay open a median of 81 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
0% of AlphaSense's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at AlphaSense
high
226 stale, 7 reposted of 230 open
Hiring momentum
328 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from AlphaSense's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for AlphaSense.

About this role

As a Principal Software Engineer at AlphaSense, you will be responsible for enhancing the GenSearch AI system, particularly focusing on financial data integration and performance optimization. Your role involves simplifying the architecture, improving cross-dataset querying, and contributing to both backend and frontend systems to deliver high-quality financial data experiences. You will also lead technical initiatives across teams to ensure system reliability and operational excellence.

Our read on this posting2.2out of 5
benefits
1/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

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What you need

  • 12+ years building and operating production systems
  • Experience operating at a Staff or Principal level
  • Proven ability to simplify complex systems and reduce architectural entropy
  • Strong background in distributed systems and performance optimization
  • Experience building AI-integrated systems (LLM orchestration, tool usage, retrieval, evaluation)
  • Comfortable working across backend systems and modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React)

What you get

  • Equity
  • Generous benefits program

Worth weighing

  • Compensation range provided is $246,000 — $339,000 USD, but final offer amounts may vary based on experience
  • Role involves working with legacy-heavy architecture which may present challenges
  • Focus on reducing complexity in existing systems may indicate current architectural challenges

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Listed by AlphaSense on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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