Principal Engineer - Core Cloud Platform

Alphasense; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AlphaSense is seeking a Principal Engineer for the Core Cloud Platform to lead the architectural roadmap for cloud, Kubernetes, and storage at scale across hundreds of clusters. You will own cloud configuration, Helm charts, and the cell-based provisioning model, partnering with Engineering leaders and senior staff globally to drive AI-friendly infrastructure.

Strong Kubernetes, AWS, and data storage expertise are essential.

Qualifications

• Extremely experienced in Kubernetes and AWS cloud.
• Proven track record of running Kubernetes and Cloud based production SaaS systems at scale.
• Experience operating Kubernetes as a large fleet with hundreds of clusters.
• Strong knowledge of data storages across SQL, MongoDB, ClickHouse and Elasticsearch.
• Strong operational and troubleshooting skill with Kubernetes, databases and messaging systems.
• Deep understanding of networking and production level usage of service meshes and gateways.
• Experience separating infrastructure configuration from application code at scale.
• Experience with cell-based, multi-tenant or multi-region architectures.
• Proficiency in Python and Golang.
• Evangelist of highly performant CI/CD practices that support agentic workflows.
• Ability and desire to design, lead, influence and deliver on ambitious technical roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Own the architectural roadmap for our cloud, Kubernetes, and storage platform.
• Own cloud-side configuration and the Helm chart layer for Cloud Core.
• Build the cell registry and automate provisioning to take new cell setup from weeks to days.
• Design the cross-cell gate mechanism as the reusable standard checkpoint across every cell.
• Own, operate and evolve our Cloud and Kubernetes platform, including our data storage layers.
• Make operations (upgrades, patching, lifecycle management) routine across hundreds of clusters.
• Continuously improve the security, reliability, cost efficiency and performance of our infrastructure.
• Champion standards and drive initiatives to promote uniformisation and eliminate duplication.
• Enable truly self-service and agentic workflow patterns that support a Build it ‑ Own it model.
• Build tooling and AI powered integrations that reduce the cognitive load in cloud.
• Architect, design and implement simple and maintainable solutions.

Skills

Kubernetes expertise

AWS cloud

Python

Golang

CI/CD experience

Architectural leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Tools

Terraform

ClickHouse

Elasticsearch

MongoDB

Vespa

HashiCorp Vault

Docker tooling

Job description

About AlphaSense

About AlphaSense: AlphaSense is the AI platform redefining market intelligence and workflow orchestration, trusted by thousands of leading organizations to drive faster, more confident decisions in business and finance. 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.

About the Role

The Core Cloud Platform team is responsible for AlphaSense's entire cloud infrastructure, including AWS account management, networking, data storages, and Kubernetes clusters. We build the underlying platform that supports hundreds of services and is used by over 400 globally distributed engineers. We're scaling into a cell‑based architecture, and the number of cells we run is growing fast, taking our Kubernetes footprint from dozens of clusters toward hundreds. That takes the platform in three directions at once: infrastructure configuration becomes a first‑class layer with its own lifecycle, independent of application code; provisioning a new cell becomes a days‑long automated operation rather than a multi‑week effort; and cross‑cell control points become standard, reusable, and consistent everywhere. This is a Principal Engineer role with real breadth within the cloud platform. You'll set the architectural roadmap for our cloud, Kubernetes, and storage platform as it scales with AlphaSense's growth, and take dedicated ownership of the cloud‑side configuration and Helm chart layer that every service depends on. Data storages are a critical part of this surface, and we're looking for genuine depth there. It requires a deep cloud of both operational and software development skills, the ability to lead ambitious technical programmes, and the credibility to set direction with Engineering leaders and very senior engineers across dozens of teams. We're looking for someone who genuinely embraces AI tooling in their day‑to‑day work, appreciates the productivity value it brings, and is motivated to make our infrastructure ever‑more AI friendly.

What You’ll Do

• Own the architectural roadmap for our cloud, Kubernetes, and storage platform
• Own cloud‑side configuration and the Helm chart layer for Cloud Core
• Build the cell registry and automate provisioning to take new cell setup from weeks to days
• Design the cross‑cell gate mechanism as the reusable standard checkpoint across every cell
• Own, operate and evolve our Cloud and Kubernetes platform, including our data storage layers
• Make operations (upgrades, patching, lifecycle management) routine across hundreds of clusters
• Continuously improve the security, reliability, cost efficiency and performance of our infrastructure
• Champion standards and drive initiatives to promote uniformisation and eliminate duplication
• Enable truly self‑service and agentic workflow patterns that support a Build it ‑ Own it model
• Build tooling and AI powered integrations that reduce the cognitive load in cloud
• Architect, design and implement simple and maintainable solutions

Who You Are

• Extremely experienced in Kubernetes and its various components, containerisation and AWS cloud
• Proven track record of running Kubernetes and Cloud based production SaaS systems at scale
• Experience operating Kubernetes as a large fleet with hundreds of clusters
• Strong knowledge of data storages across SQL, MongoDB, ClickHouse and Elasticsearch
• Strong operational and troubleshooting skill with Kubernetes, databases and messaging systems
• Deep understanding of networking and production level usage of service meshes and gateways
• Experience separating infrastructure configuration from application code at scale
• Experience with cell‑based, multi‑tenant or multi‑region architectures
• Proficiency in Python and Golang
• Evangelist of highly performant CI/CD practices that are supportive of agentic workflows
• Ability and desire to design, lead, influence and deliver on ambitious technical roadmaps

Nice to have

• Experience with Vespa
• Automated provisioning of new environments, regions or cells end‑to‑end
• Management of large fleets of Kubernetes clusters with lifecycle management tools
• Production usage of Hashicorp Vault or similar secret management systems

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.