[Hiring] Principal Engineer, Developer Experience @AlphaSense

Role Description

We’re looking for a Principal Engineer in Developer Experience (DevEx) to shape and drive a holistic developer experience strategy across AlphaSense. This is a highly strategic, cross-cutting role focused on ensuring that developer experience evolves consistently and intentionally across the organization.

• Operate across both Core Developer Experience (inner loop) focused on local development, internal tooling, and productivity.
• Engage with Cloud/Platform DX (outer loop) focused on CI/CD and production systems.
• Align efforts across teams with distinct ownership to create a cohesive, end-to-end developer experience.
• Work closely with the Head of Developer Productivity & Experience and other platform teams to define direction, priorities, and long-term strategy.
• Establish a clear system of developer productivity metrics and engineering insights.
• Drive the transformation of our SDLC through AI, identifying where it can fundamentally change how we build, test, and operate software.
• Lead the adoption of AI to deliver step-change improvements in developer productivity and system reliability.
• Integrate AI deeply into day-to-day workflows while establishing standards, guardrails, and engineering practices needed to scale its use safely and consistently.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in DevEx, Platform Engineering, and large-scale engineering systems.
• Deep systems and operational thinking, grounded in a strong software engineering background.
• Proven track record of defining and driving cross-organizational technical strategy.
• Experience working across multiple domains (e.g., platform, cloud, CI/CD, developer tooling).
• Strong experience with internal developer platforms (IDP) and enabling self-service ecosystems.
• Deep understanding of developer productivity, metrics, and engineering insights (e.g., DORA, DX).
• Experience improving CI/CD systems for reliability, speed, and predictability at scale.
• Demonstrated ability to align multiple teams and stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong systems thinking with the ability to balance local needs vs. global optimization.
• Recent experience driving or adopting AI-enabled development workflows across the SDLC.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills across engineering and leadership levels.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and Kubernetes-based platforms.
• Familiarity with progressive delivery (feature flags, canary releases).
• Familiarity with frontend platforms or microfrontend architectures.

Requirements

• Define and evolve the DevEx strategy across the org in partnership with engineering leadership.
• Align and connect efforts across Core DX (inner loop) and Cloud/Platform DX (outer loop).
• Ensure a holistic approach to DevEx, avoiding local optimizations and fragmentation.
• Identify and drive improvements across the end-to-end developer journey.
• Establish and standardize developer productivity metrics and engineering insights (e.g., DORA, DX).
• Guide the evolution of internal developer platforms (IDP) and self-service capabilities across teams.
• Drive consistency and reliability in CI/CD systems, ensuring fast and predictable delivery workflows.
• Lead the adoption of AI-enabled SDLC practices across teams, enabling safe experimentation.
• Partner with engineering, SRE, and platform teams to influence direction without direct ownership.
• Act as a technical leader and mentor, raising the bar for DevEx thinking and execution.

Benefits

• Base Compensation Range: $246,000 — $339,000 USD.
• Performance-based bonus.
• Equity.
• A generous benefits program.

Company Description

AlphaSense is an equal-opportunity employer committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. We do not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any other non-merit factor.