Senior Quality Engineer, Findata

AlphaSense; New York (NY); On-site; CAD 96,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity option

Generous benefits

Job summary

AlphaSense is seeking a Senior Quality Engineer to lead quality across the FinData portfolio, driving AI-first testing standards and scalable QA practices. You will shape data pipelines, AI model validation, and system observability while collaborating with multiple engineering teams to ensure robust releases.

You will champion Quality by Design, automate where possible, and mentor teams to raise testing maturity, with compensation and equity options in a fast-growing AI-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of QA engineering in AI/ML data platforms or equivalent.
• Experience with data pipelines, model validation, and observability.
• Strong testing theory and QA design principles.

Responsibilities

• Define long-term testing strategy and quality culture for the AI Platform.
• Establish quality metrics, coverage standards, and data-driven outcomes.
• Grow test coverage with automation and complex test datasets.
• Plan tests for new features across unit, integration, and E2E layers.
• Improve testing processes and perform targeted exploratory testing.
• Coach engineers on quality-by-design and shift-left practices.

Skills

AI tools

Kotlin

Python

JavaScript

Java

API testing

UI test automation

Playwright

AWS

GCP

Azure

Kubernetes

CI/CD

GraphQL

Performance testing

Observability

Financial data domain

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

Allure TestOps

Playwright

OpenTelemetry

Grafana

Job description

About AlphaSense:

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 6,000 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!

About the Role:

As we transition into an AI-First Operating Model and move from exploration into execution at scale, we are seeking a seasoned Senior Quality Engineer to join our QE org and lead quality on FinData portfolio—spanning financial data generation, delivery, and user-facing experiences across multiple engineering teams.
In this high-impact role, you will be accountable for architecting the quality standards that underpin our next generation of market intelligence. Your remit is to define how we build, test, and operate in an AI-centric ecosystem. You will lead quality initiatives that ensure our engineering workflows—covering everything from complex data pipelines and AI model validation to system observability and agentic search interactions—are robust, scalable, and AI-boosted. You will be a key leader in establishing "AI-First" as our standard operating procedure, defining the quality gates that enable us to deliver state-of-the-art market intelligence with confidence and precision at scale.

Who You Are:

• Fluency with AI tools and a proven track record of enabling AI tools to accelerate software delivery and processes.

• Deep knowledge in at least one of the following programming languages: Kotlin, Python, JavaScript, or Java

• Proficiency in testing methodologies and deep understanding of the QA domain and theory

• Experience with Test Management Systems (e.g., Allure TestOps)

• Excellent test design skills and experience in API testing

• Experience with UI test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright)

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and containerization technologies (Kubernetes)

• Strong understanding of continuous delivery

• Demonstrated ability to operate and set direction autonomously, without a dedicated QE team or manager in place

• Experience coaching engineering teams on quality-by-design and shift-left practices, influencing without direct authority

• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with stakeholders across multiple portfolios

  Bonus points if you have:

• Experience in setting up and configuring CI/CD tools and pipelines

• Good understanding of GraphQL

• Proven expertise in Performance Engineering (using k6 or similar) and Observability (OpenTelemetry/Grafana) to drive data-informed quality decisions

• Financial data domain knowledge

• Experience testing backend/data pipeline

• BS/MS degree in a relevant technical discipline such as Computer Science, Engineering, or Information Technology

What You’ll Do:

• Define and drive the long-term testing strategy and quality culture for the AI Platform, emphasizing "Quality by Design" and "Automation by Default."
• Define quality metrics and coverage standards, partnering with product and engineering teams to ensure data-driven, measurable, and self-sustaining quality outcomes.
• Grow test coverage through scalable, domain-specific automation and define/maintain complex test datasets, partnering with developers to ensure automation readiness.
• Guide and support test planning for new features, ensuring alignment with acceptance criteria and coverage across unit, integration, and E2E layers.
• Continuously improve and streamline testing processes; perform targeted exploratory testing to discover risks, inform automation, and validate model outputs.
• Coach and mentor engineers on sustainable, scalable quality practices, serving as a strategic partner to ensure delivery standards are met through rigorous release gates.

For base compensation, we set standard ranges for all 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 equity, and a generous benefits program.

$95,700 — $130,000 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.