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The platform combines domain-specific AI with a vast content universe of over 500 million premium business documents - including equity research, earnings calls, expert interviews, filings, news, and internal proprietary content. Purpose-built for speed, accuracy, and enterprise-grade security, AlphaSense helps teams extract critical insights, uncover market-moving trends, and automate complex workflows with high-quality outputs. With AI solutions like Generative Search, Generative Grid, and Deep Research, AlphaSense delivers the clarity and depth professionals need to navigate complexity and obtain accurate, real-time information quickly. For more information, visit www.alpha-sense.com. Come join us.\nAbout the Role:\nWe’re looking for a Principal Software Engineer to help define and build shared, API-first product platforms at AlphaSense that power multiple product surfaces, integrations, and agentic workflows.\nIn this role, you’ll focus on building platforms as products: well-designed APIs, clear contracts, strong reliability guarantees, and a roadmap driven by real product needs. These platforms are consumed by internal product teams, external integrations, including AI agents.\nThis role sits at the intersection of hands-on engineering and cross-product technical leadership. You’ll stay close to the code while shaping how product platforms are designed, evolved, and adopted across the company. You’ll also work across multiple teams and domains, helping to align long-term technical direction while still owning end-to-end systems. This is not a people-management role, nor is it a purely advisory architecture role. We’re explicitly looking for a Principal who enjoys building, prototyping, iterating, and solving complex problems in production.\nWhat You’ll Do:\nAct as a technical owner and force multiplier for API-first architecture across the company\nDesign, build, and evolve high-scale APIs used by internal teams, external customers, and intelligent agents\nLead the development of agentic workflows, including orchestration, state management, tooling, and integration patterns\nDrive API standards, design principles, and best practices through hands-on work and technical reviews\nTackle complex cross-team problems where requirements are ambiguous, and constraints are real\nPartner with Product, Platform, and SRE teams to ensure APIs are reliable, observable, secure, and scalable\nIdentify and reduce systemic technical risks while enabling teams to move faster\nMentor senior engineers and raise the technical bar through example, not hierarchy\nWho you are:\nExtensive experience as a senior staff/principal-level software engineer working on applications and backend systems\nExperience building product platforms or shared services consumed by multiple product teams\nProven track record of designing, building, and operating APIs at scale\nStrong hands-on experience with RESTful APIs\nSome experience with GraphQL (design, usage, or operating in production)\nDeep understanding of system design, performance, reliability, and evolution over time\nStrong bias toward hands-on contribution and ownership of real systems\nAbility to influence technical direction across teams through credibility and execution\nNice to have: \nExperience building or enabling agentic or AI-driven workflows\nFamiliarity with MCP (Model Context Protocol) or similar agent integration patterns\nExperience working in large-scale, distributed systems environments\nExposure to API governance, versioning strategies, and backward compatibility at scale\nExperience working closely with the platform and SRE teams\nWhat we offer:\nPlaying a part in the story of a fast growing company\nInteresting career opportunities and training\nRelocation support for single employees, couples and families\nWhile we do have an office in Helsinki, we’re a distributed company. We value outcomes over time, and offer flexible working arrangements. We usually meet at the office once a week.\nPrivate healthcare services from Terveystalo\n2 weeks of vacation granted up front, and possibility to use vacation days as they accrue\nAccess to gym room, gaming room, free parking near the office, mobile phone, Lunch benefit, mobile plan, home internet, remote work equipment, and many more.\nAlphaSense 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 AlphaSense’s commitment to equal employment opportunity. AlphaSense 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 AlphaSense, including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, and termination.\nIn addition, it is the policy of AlphaSense 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.\nRecruiting Scams and Fraud\nWe at AlphaSense have been made aware of fraudulent job postings and individuals impersonating AlphaSense recruiters. These scams may involve fake job offers, requests for sensitive personal information, or demands for payment. Please note:\nAlphaSense never asks candidates to pay for job applications, equipment, or training.\nAll official communications will come from an @alpha-sense.com email address.\nIf you’re unsure about a job posting or recruiter, verify it on our Careers page.\nIf 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 AlphaSense please contact us. 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