AlphaSense · 2 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$202K/yr - $278K/yr
15+ years expAlphaSense is a leading provider of AI-driven market intelligence solutions. The Staff Software Engineer will lead the design and reliability of a global financial data extraction platform, focusing on enhancing system correctness and reducing human dependency.
AnalyticsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningMarket ResearchSaaSSearch Engine
Responsibilities
Own the architecture and evolution of our large-scale data extraction and normalization platform
Design systems that process hundreds of thousands of records across heterogeneous sources (PDF, HTML, APIs, XLS) with high reliability
Define and implement strategies to minimize human-in-the-loop validation through AI-based validation, confidence scoring, provenance tracking, and deterministic safeguards
Establish clear system contracts for correctness, traceability, and confidence (e.g., “where did this number come from?”)
Balance AI-driven approaches with procedural and rules-based systems where they improve reliability and explainability
Identify and remediate architectural and operational bottlenecks impacting scale, accuracy, and developer velocity
Act as the technical authority to block poor designs, redesign critical systems, and introduce new platforms or tooling when necessary
Partner with product and downstream consumers to define quality bars, SLAs, and success metrics
Serve as a technical escalation point for production issues, reliability failures, and systemic risks
Mentor senior engineers, shape technical culture, and raise expectations for system design and execution
Contribute to long-term technical strategy while remaining hands-on with critical implementations
Qualification
Required
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 one or more of: Distributed systems, Data platforms and pipelines, AI/ML-powered extraction or classification systems, Platform or 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
Track record of technical leadership across teams without formal people management
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and driving clarity where none exists
Passion for using AI responsibly and effectively to deliver scalable, high-confidence systems
Preferred
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
Benefits
Equity
A generous benefits program
Company
AlphaSense
AlphaSense is a platform harnessing AI to deliver insights, helping professionals make informed, impactful decisions. It is a sub-organization of AlphaSense.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (7)
2024 (1)
2023 (3)
2022 (3)
2021 (3)
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.42BKey Investors
BondCapitalGBlackRock
2024-06-11Series F· $650M
2023-09-28Series E· $150M
2023-04-11Series D· $100M
Leadership Team
Jack Kokko
CEO and Founder
Joe Hill
CFO
Recent News
2026-01-21
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2025-12-29
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