Lead Mobile Platform & Backend Architect

AlphaSense; Helsinki; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Flexible work arrangements

Private healthcare

Job summary

AlphaSense in Helsinki is seeking a Senior Backend/Platform Engineer to shape the backend services and cross-team architecture that power our AI-driven search and analytics platform. You will drive production-ready systems and collaborate with product, data, and mobile teams to deliver scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes ownership, mentorship, and building reusable patterns, while maintaining reliability and security.

Qualifications

• Deep production backend and distributed systems expertise with cross-team impact.
• Strong hands-on engineering with production code contributions.
• Experience designing REST and GraphQL APIs with mobile lifecycle considerations.
• Understanding authentication, authorization, entitlements, and sessions.
• Proven ability to improve reliability and performance, with observability practices.
• Track record leading technical change across teams through influence.
• Product and stakeholder leadership connecting technical decisions to customer value.

Responsibilities

• Shape the systems behind product experiences and backend architecture.
• Lead across engineering orgs to align priorities and architecture.
• Turn architecture into production systems and reusable components.
• Collaborate on identity, access, and cross-platform integration.
• Mentor engineers and promote strong technical judgment.

Skills

Backend engineering

Distributed systems

APIs (REST/GraphQL)

Authentication/Authorization

Observability/production validation

Cross-team leadership

Product & stakeholder alignment

Tools

Auth0

Microsoft identity

Kafka

Job description

AlphaSense in Helsinki is seeking a Senior Backend/Platform Engineer to shape the backend services and cross-team architecture that power our AI-driven search and analytics platform. You will drive production-ready systems and collaborate with product, data, and mobile teams to deliver scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes ownership, mentorship, and building reusable patterns, while maintaining reliability and security.