Principal Engineer, Developer Experience – DevEx

AlphaSense

Principal Engineer shaping developer experience strategy at AlphaSense, an AI-powered market intelligence platform. Aligning developer tooling, cloud platforms, CI/CD, productivity metrics, and AI-enabled software delivery.

Posted 8/12/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $246,000 - $339,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive experience in Developer Experience (DevEx) and Platform Engineering, with a strong focus on improving CI/CD systems and driving cross-organizational technical strategy. Capable of aligning multiple teams and stakeholders while fostering a culture of AI-enabled development workflows.

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DevEx Strategy DevelopmentCI/CD System ImprovementInternal Developer PlatformsAI-Enabled SDLC PracticesCloud-Native Architectures

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Hard Skills

DevExPlatform EngineeringCI/CDDeveloper ToolingDORA MetricsEngineering InsightsSystems ThinkingCloud-Native ArchitectureKubernetesFeature Flags

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationInfluencing SkillsMentorship

Industry Keywords

Developer ProductivitySelf-Service EcosystemsProgressive DeliveryCanary ReleasesTechnical Strategy

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudKubernetesSDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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

Requirements

What you’ll need

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 defining and driving cross-organizational technical strategy
Experience across platform, cloud, CI/CD, and developer tooling domains
Strong experience with internal developer platforms and self-service ecosystems
Deep understanding of developer productivity, metrics, and engineering insights, including DORA and DX
Experience improving CI/CD systems for reliability, speed, and predictability at scale
Ability to align multiple teams and stakeholders without direct authority
Strong systems thinking and ability to balance local needs with 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, including feature flags and canary releases

Benefits

Comp & perks

Performance-based bonus may be offered
Equity may be offered
Generous benefits program
Reasonable accommodation for qualified employees with protected disabilities, where required by applicable laws