Senior Software Engineer

AlphaSense; Canada; Remote; CAD 115,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join its dynamic FinData team. This role offers the chance to tackle diverse challenges across the software stack, focusing on building reliable and intuitive systems. You'll collaborate with a talented team, ensuring high-quality code releases through robust CI/CD pipelines. With a commitment to innovation and inclusivity, this company provides a supportive environment where your contributions will have a significant impact. If you're passionate about technology and eager to work with experts in various fields, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in building reliable software.
• Strong foundation in computer science fundamentals.
• Experience with Agile processes and software testing.

Responsibilities

• Design and build high-quality software systems.
• Participate in design discussions and documentation.
• Guide and coach less experienced developers.

Skills

Software Development

Algorithmic Complexity

Asynchronicity

Distributed Computing

Agile Methodologies

Technical Leadership

Python

Typescript

AWS

Financial Modeling

Job description

The world’s most sophisticated companies rely on AlphaSense to remove uncertainty from decision-making. With market intelligence and search built on proven AI, AlphaSense 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 AlphaSense in 2024 advances our shared mission to empower professionals to make smarter decisions through AI-driven market intelligence. Together, AlphaSense 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 4,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500. Founded in 2011, AlphaSense 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!

Reports to:Engineering Manager

About the Team:

At AlphaSense, the FinData team is leading the effort to build robust ingestion data pipelines and services that power our platform with fundamentals and reported data coming from various sources.

Our diverse Product & Engineering team values innovation, collaboration, and the continuous improvement of our platform. We offer a dynamic work environment where employees can grow and thrive while working on cutting-edge technology that shapes the future of our platform.

At AlphaSense, we believe that diverse experiences and perspectives are critical to our success. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where all employees feel valued and empowered to be their authentic selves.

About the Role:

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our FinData team. This is an opportunity to work on different challenges at all levels of our stack, designing, implementing, testing, maintaining, and improving features and services. You’ll have the autonomy to own and operate applications and services that you build while focusing on collaborative delivery over independent efforts.

Who You Are:

• 5+ years of software development experience building highly reliable, mission-critical software.
• A strong foundation in computer science fundamentals, such as algorithmic complexity, asynchronicity, and distributed computing.
• Good Knowledge on design and architecture concepts.
• Familiarity with Agile software development processes and software testing.
• Experience in shipping pragmatic and high quality solutions with a sense of urgency
• Proven track record in technical leadership and mentoring junior engineers
• Excitement to learn from and work with experts in other disciplines.
• A strong sense of ownership and ability to thrive in a lighthearted & dynamic team setting
• Experience with Python, Typescript, AWS is a plus.
• A background or interest in financial modeling, financial technology, or capital markets is a plus but not mandatory

What You’ll Do:

• Designing, building, delivering and operating high-quality (reliable and intuitive to use) software systems, collaboratively with your cross functional team.
• Belief in uneventful and predictable code releases, and an expectation that they happen many times each day, supported by robust Continuous Integration and Delivery pipelines and extensive test coverage.
• Keep quality standards high. Ensure steady progress on the roadmap to reach acceptance by Product Management and Design.
• Participate in design and definition discussions, and in documentation. Through regular collaboration with your Product Management and Design counterparts about requirements, projects, scoping and estimation
• Guiding and coaching less experienced developers in their approach to debugging, design and application of various software development paradigms
• Building relationships and communicating effectively with other parts of the company (the rest of Engineering, Product Management, Equity Research, Marketing and Sales).

For base compensation, we set standard ranges for all US-based roles based on function and level benchmarked against similar stage growth companies and internal comparables. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience/expertise and may vary from the amounts listed below.

You may also be offered a performance-based bonus, equity, and a generous benefits program.

Base Compensation Range

$115,000 - $150,000 CAD

AlphaSense 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.

In 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.

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