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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 87 days AlphaSense's roles stay open a median of 87 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of AlphaSense's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at AlphaSense
- high 230 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
- 2026-10-29
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
The Principal Software Engineer at AlphaSense will lead the design and evolution of a global financial data extraction and normalization platform. This role involves enhancing system reliability and reducing human dependency through advanced AI-driven solutions while ensuring high-quality data outputs. The engineer will also mentor other team members and contribute to the long-term technical strategy of the organization.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of AlphaSense as an employer.
What you need
- 15+ years of experience building and operating large-scale production systems
- Proven experience designing data ingestion, extraction, or processing systems at scale
- Deep expertise in distributed systems, data platforms and pipelines, AI/ML-powered extraction or classification systems, or platform/infrastructure engineering
- Demonstrated ability to design trustworthy systems that combine probabilistic (AI) and deterministic approaches
- Strong understanding of system reliability, observability, failure modes, and iterative hardening
- Experience reducing operational or human overhead through better system design
Nice to have
- Experience with document understanding, NLP, or financial data extraction
- Experience building provenance, lineage, or confidence-scoring systems
- Familiarity with cloud-native architectures and modern data stacks
- Experience shaping or owning internal platforms used by multiple teams
What you get
- Base compensation range of $202,000 — $278,000 CAD
- Potential for equity
- Generous benefits program
Worth weighing
- No specific technologies or tools mentioned, which may indicate flexibility or ambiguity in tech stack
- Role involves significant responsibility with a focus on reducing human oversight, which may be challenging
- High level of experience required may limit candidate pool
Summarised from AlphaSense's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by AlphaSense on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-29. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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