Senior Principal Engineer

AlphaSense

Senior Principal Engineer at AlphaSense overseeing the architectural strategy of their application portfolio. Leading efforts in frontend architecture and API-first platforms with a strong focus on customer needs.

Posted 7/24/2026full-timeRemote • 🇮🇳 IndiaSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in Frontend Architecture and large-scale application systems, with a strong focus on modern API design and technology transformation. Proven ability to mentor engineering talent and drive alignment across teams to achieve strategic goals.

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Frontend ArchitectureModern API DesignModel Context Protocol (MCP)Technology Transformation LeadershipHigh-Traffic User Interface Design

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Hard Skills

Frontend DevelopmentREST APIGraphQLArchitecture StandardsPrototypingTechnical ReviewsDesign PrinciplesScalabilityPerformance OptimizationEmerging Standards Integration

Soft Skills

MentoringCommunicationProblem-SolvingCollaborationConsensus Building

Industry Keywords

Applications PortfolioProduct LeadershipDesign SystemsAgentic WorkflowsDistributed Teams

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

GraphQL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Define and drive the technical strategy for the entire Applications Portfolio, establishing deep frontend architecture standards (Web, Mobile, Headless) to ensure consistency, scalability, and performance.
Act as a key mentor and coach to senior engineering talent, fostering a culture of technical excellence, high-impact decision-making, and proactive problem-solving.
Collaborate deeply with Product leadership to drive roadmaps, ensuring engineering strategy is inherently aligned with customer needs and product evolution.
Facilitate alignment and clarity across teams regarding goals, outcomes, and timelines for complex, multi-team projects.
Spearhead the evolution of our application architecture from a 'feature factory' model to a platform-driven system, modernizing API layers and integrating emerging standards like the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to enable next-generation agentic workflows.
Partner closely with Design Systems teams to define and influence the evolution of shared UI components and design tokens, ensuring seamless integration with engineering architectural standards.
Identify and reduce systemic technical risks, enforce design principles, and raise the bar through hands-on technical reviews and prototyping.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Extensive experience (15+ years) as a senior/principal-level software engineer with deep expertise in Frontend architecture and large-scale application systems.
Proven success leading technology transformation across organizations of 80+ engineers.
Deep understanding of modern API design (REST, GraphQL) and its application in highly distributed, agentic environments.
Demonstrated experience with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) or similar agent-integration patterns.
Strong product mindset: proven history of collaborating with Product leaders to solve complex customer problems with customer-obsession.
Ability to balance high-level architectural strategy with hands-on, production-level coding.
Extensive experience evaluating and adopting new frontend technologies and frameworks, expertly balancing innovation with long-term maintainability.
Proven track record of designing and scaling robust frontend architectures that support high-traffic, complex user interfaces across massive datasets.
Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to facilitate clarity and drive consensus across distributed teams.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off