AlphaSense

Senior Software Engineer

AlphaSense • $132K — $181K *
US-AnywhereRemote in Canada
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in building and operating large-scale production systems
  • Proficient in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern development practices
  • Strong grasp of asynchronous programming and event-driven architectures
  • Experience with enterprise software deployment and version management
  • Proven ability to build performant applications with robust error handling
  • Skilled in debugging complex integration issues and optimizing performance
  • Capable of mentoring teams and establishing best development practices

Responsibilities

  • Develop and ship production-grade features for the Excel plugin
  • Work with Excel's object model and calculation engine for seamless integration
  • Optimize plugin performance to ensure it doesn't slow down Excel
  • Contribute to team standards for development, testing, and deployment
  • Support junior engineers through code reviews and collaborative work

Benefits

  • Equity options available
  • Generous benefits program
  • Opportunities for professional development
  • Collaborative and innovative work environment
  • Impactful work that directly influences financial decision-making
Full Job Description
About the Role

AlphaSense is seeking an exceptional engineer to own our Excel plugin strategy, bringing the power of AI-driven market intelligence directly into the workflow of financial professionals worldwide. You'll build the bridge between our cutting-edge AI platform and the tool that millions of analysts, investors, and researchers use every day - Microsoft Excel. You'll create experiences that feel magical to users. Your work will directly impact how the world's leading financial institutions make critical decisions.

Who You Are:
  • 5+ years building and operating large scale production systems
  • Deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern development practices
  • Strong understanding of asynchronous programming, state management, and event-driven architectures
  • Experience with enterprise software deployment, updates, and version management
  • Track record of building performant applications with excellent error handling and recovery
  • Excellence in debugging complex integration issues and memory/performance optimization
  • Ability to mentor teams and establish development best practices

Preferred:
  • Production experience with Office JavaScript API, VSTO, or COM add-ins
  • Knowledge of Excel's calculation engine, object model, and common power-user patterns
  • Understanding of financial modeling, data analysis workflows, or trading systems
  • Experience with React and modern frontend frameworks

Technical Environment
  • Office JavaScript API / Office Add-ins framework
  • TypeScript, React, and modern frontend tooling
  • Complex state management between local and cloud data
  • Enterprise authentication (SSO, OAuth, SAML)
  • Cross-platform support (Windows and Mac)
What You'll Do
  • Build the Excel Experience: Develop and ship production-grade features for the Excel plugin that integrate AlphaSense's capabilities while respecting Excel's performance and stability requirements
  • Navigate Complex Integration: Work with Excel's object model, calculation engine, and event system to deliver features that feel native while accessing cloud-based intelligence
  • Optimize Relentlessly: Make complex operations feel instantaneous, manage memory carefully, and ensure the plugin never slows down Excel
  • Uphold Best Practices: Follow and contribute to team standards for development, testing, deployment, and monitoring of Office plugins, and support junior engineers through code reviews and pairing

Impact You'll Have

You'll fundamentally change how financial professionals interact with market intelligence. Within your first year, you'll ship a plugin used by thousands of analysts at leading financial institutions, making AI-powered research as simple as typing an Excel formula. You'll eliminate the context-switching between Excel and research platforms, saving analysts hours daily while improving the quality of their analysis.

More importantly, you'll establish the technical foundation and best practices that will guide our Office integration strategy for years.

Why This Role is Unique

This isn't just another plugin development role. You'll be working with:
  • Cutting-edge AI capabilities that need to feel simple in Excel
  • Financial professionals who depend on Excel for critical decisions
  • Complex technical constraints that require creative solutions

You'll need to think like a financial analyst, architect like a distributed systems engineer, and optimize like a game developer. It's a rare opportunity to work on deeply technical challenges while directly impacting how the financial world operates.

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.

Compensation Range

$132,000-$181,700 CAD

About AlphaSense

AlphaSense is a software company that provides an AI-powered search engine for business professionals. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in New York City. AlphaSense's search engine allows users to search across a wide range of sources, including company filings, news articles, and research reports. The company's platform is used by a variety of industries, including finance, consulting, and legal. AlphaSense has received numerous awards for its innovative technology and has been recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in the United States.
Learn more about AlphaSense
Size
200 employees
Industry
Founded
2011

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