Principal Software Engineer
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Salary analysis
Compared with the selected benchmark ("All roles in Remote - United States"), this listing's salary midpoint is about 158% higher. The offer sits above the benchmark range (€1,667–€17,242). The listed pay band (€20,500–€28,250) is tighter than the benchmark, which suggests lower salary variability. This benchmark is based on 10 comparable listings.
| Market | Lower bound (25th percentile) | Median | Upper bound (75th percentile) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All roles in Remote - United States | €1,667/per month | €10,711/per month | €17,242/per month |
| From job ad (Senior) | €20,500/per month | €24,375/per month | €28,250/per month |
At AlphaSense, GenSearch is a production, customer-facing generative AI system delivering high-confidence answers across multiple domains. Our team owns the financial data agent within GenSearch — connecting AI reasoning to structured financial datasets — as well as the financial data web experiences that power fundamentals, M&A, screening, and other core capabilities. We are hiring a hands-on Principal Engineer to help us: Reduce latency in AI-powered financial answers; Simplify fragmented and legacy-heavy architecture; Improve cross-dataset querying and screening; Ship new datasets and product capabilities without increasing systemic complexity. This role sits at the intersection of AI systems, financial data infrastructure, and product-grade web development. What You’ll Do: ... 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$246,000 - $339,000 USD
Job Details
Responsibilities
- Improve AI & Performance: Optimize orchestration between LLM workflows, structured datasets, and services; introduce performance benchmarks, observability standards, and SLO discipline; improve reliability and correctness of AI-backed financial responses.
- Simplify Architecture: Reduce fragmentation across datasets and services; partner with data platform teams to define scalable dataset integration patterns; remove legacy complexity while continuing to ship.
- Build & Evolve Web Products: Contribute to backend and frontend systems powering financial data experiences; define durable contracts between AI-generated outputs and frontend consumers; ensure performance and usability at API and product layers.
- Lead Across Teams: Drive technical initiatives spanning multiple engineering teams; align stakeholders on service boundaries and system design decisions.
Requirements
- 12+ years building and operating production systems
- Experience operating at a Staff or Principal level
- Proven ability to simplify complex systems and reduce architectural entropy
- Strong background in distributed systems and performance optimization
- Experience building AI-integrated systems (LLM orchestration, tool usage, retrieval, evaluation)
- Comfortable working across backend systems and modern frontend frameworks (e.g., React)
- Experienced designing APIs and durable service contracts
- Effective at driving cross-team technical initiatives
Skills & Technologies
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