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 51% higher. The offer still falls within the benchmark range (€6,945–€25,355). 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 | €6,945/per month | €11,801/per month | €25,355/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
| Location | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Remote - Global | 176 |
| Helsinki, Finland | 27 |
| London, UK | 2 |
| New York, USA | 2 |
| Singapore | 2 |
| Remote - Europe | 1 |
| Remote - Finland | 1 |
| Remote | 1 |
| New York, United States | 1 |
| New York City, United States | 1 |
| Bangalore, India | 1 |
| London, United Kingdom | 1 |
| Role type | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 28 |
| Account Manager | 9 |
| Customer Success Manager | 6 |
| Product Manager | 6 |
| Compliance Analyst | 5 |
| Channel and Customer Research Associate | 5 |
| Sales Development Representative | 4 |
| Content Analyst | 4 |
| Product Designer | 4 |
| Account Executive | 4 |
| Human Resources Specialist | 3 |
| AI Platform Engineer | 3 |
| Analyst Development Representative | 3 |
| Principal Software Engineer | 3 |
| Analyst | 3 |
| Android Engineer | 3 |
| Network Engineer | 3 |
| Cloud Platform Engineer | 2 |
| Principal Design Engineer | 2 |
| Senior Manager | 2 |
| People Business Partner | 2 |
| Technical Program Manager | 2 |
| Design Engineer | 2 |
| Program Manager | 2 |
| Customer & Product Support Analyst | 2 |
| iOS Engineer | 2 |
| IT Support Analyst | 2 |
| Data Scientist | 2 |
| Sector Lead | 2 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | 2 |
| Manager | 2 |
| Associate Account Executive | 2 |
| Enterprise Account Executive | 2 |
| Head of Developer Experience | 2 |
| Operations Manager | 2 |
| Sales Development Manager | 2 |
| Pre-Sales Manager | 2 |
| Customer Support Specialist | 2 |
| Channel and Customer Research Sector Lead | 1 |
| Business Applications Security Engineer | 1 |
| Product Analyst | 1 |
| Senior Technical Program Manager | 1 |
| Talent Acquisition Partner | 1 |
| Senior Commercial Counsel | 1 |
| Security Operations Analyst | 1 |
| Revenue Accounting | 1 |
| Compliance Surveillance Analyst | 1 |
| Strategic Sales Manager | 1 |
| Director of AI Governance and Security | 1 |
| Analytics Engineer | 1 |
| Marketing Analyst | 1 |
| Customer Education Manager | 1 |
| Cloud Reliability and Recovery Engineer | 1 |
| Tax Associate | 1 |
| Strategic Account Leader | 1 |
| Account Management | 1 |
| Solutions Marketing Manager | 1 |
| Sales Enablement | 1 |
| Solutions Consultant | 1 |
| Senior Engineer | 1 |
| Equity Research Associate | 1 |
| Content Support Analyst | 1 |
| Strategic Account Executive | 1 |
| Customer Support Analyst | 1 |
| Payroll Director | 1 |
| Executive Assistant | 1 |
| Deal Desk Analyst | 1 |
| Head of Strategic Alliances | 1 |
| Marketing AI & Transformation Strategy Lead | 1 |
| Key Account Director | 1 |
| Equity Research | 1 |
| Account Director | 1 |
| Staff Engineer | 1 |
| Researcher | 1 |
| Legal Content and Data Director | 1 |
| Audio Visual Engineer | 1 |
| Program Management | 1 |
| Strategic Finance Manager | 1 |
| Team Leader | 1 |
| Pre-Sales Consultant | 1 |
| Growth Marketing Manager | 1 |
| Human Resources | 1 |
| Director of Global Real Estate and Workplace Experience | 1 |
| Director of Executive Recruiting | 1 |
| Marketing Manager | 1 |
| Senior Staff Software Engineer | 1 |
| Motion Designer | 1 |
| Financial Data Application Specialist | 1 |
| Product Platforms Engineer | 1 |
| Head of Broker Relations | 1 |
| Revenue Tools Specialist | 1 |
| Analyst Development | 1 |
| Senior Software Engineer | 1 |
| Deal Desk Contracting Manager | 1 |
| Client Research Manager | 1 |
| Sales Operations Analyst | 1 |
| Implementation Consultant | 1 |
| Data Analyst | 1 |
| Talent Community Member | 1 |
| People Operations Coordinator | 1 |
| Role level | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Mid-Level | 162 |
| Senior | 12 |
| Manager | 3 |
| Executive | 1 |
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