[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer @AlphaSense

Role Description

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.

This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of enterprise desktop development, financial technology, and AI. You'll create experiences that feel magical to users – imagine Excel formulas that can query 1.6 billion documents, or financial models that update with real-time market intelligence. Your work will directly impact how the world's leading financial institutions make critical decisions.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building production software, with significant experience in desktop applications or Office add-ins
• Deep expertise in C#, .NET 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
• Strong testing philosophy adapted to desktop environments
• Ability to mentor teams and establish development best practices

Requirements

• Production experience with C#, VSTO, or COM add-ins
• Knowledge of Excel's calculation engine, object model, and common power-user patterns
• Knowledge of AWS
• Understanding of financial modeling, data analysis workflows, or trading systems
• Experience with web development technologies
• Familiarity with financial data formats (XLSX, CSV, JSON) and transformations
• Background in building offline-capable applications with sync mechanisms
• Experience with WebSocket, real-time data feeds, or streaming architectures

What You'll Do

• Architect the Excel Experience: Design and build a production-grade Excel plugin that seamlessly integrates AlphaSense's AI capabilities while respecting Excel's performance and stability requirements
• Master Complex Integration: Navigate Excel's object model, calculation engine, and event system to create features that feel native while accessing cloud-based intelligence
• Ensure Enterprise Excellence: Build plugins that work flawlessly across Excel 2016, 2019, and Office 365, handling corporate proxies, SSO, offline scenarios, and IT restrictions
• Optimize Ruthlessly: Make complex operations feel instantaneous, managing memory carefully and ensuring our plugin never slows down Excel
• Bridge Worlds: Translate between financial users' needs and technical possibilities, creating intuitive interfaces for sophisticated AI capabilities
• Establish Best Practices: Define patterns for desktop development excellence, mentoring the team on testing, deployment, and monitoring strategies for Office plugins

Compensation Range

$132,000 — $181,700 CAD

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.