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Salary: CAD 164,450 - 226,550 / annual
AlphaSense is seeking an exceptional Staff Software Engineer to own the Excel plugin strategy, bringing AI-driven market intelligence directly into the workflows of financial professionals worldwide. You will build the bridge between AlphaSense's cutting-edge AI platform and Microsoft Excel, creating experiences that feel magical to users. Your work will directly impact how the world's leading financial institutions make critical decisions.
Within your first year, you'll ship a plugin used by thousands of analysts at leading financial institutions, making AI-powered research as simple as typing an Excel formula. You'll eliminate context-switching between Excel and research platforms, saving analysts hours daily while improving analysis quality.
You'll establish the technical foundation and best practices that will guide AlphaSense's Office integration strategy for years to come. You'll mentor a team of engineers in the unique challenges of desktop development, raising the bar for quality and performance in an environment where every millisecond matters.
The technical environment includes Office JavaScript API / Office Add-ins framework, TypeScript, React, and modern frontend tooling. You'll work with complex state management between local and cloud data, enterprise authentication (SSO, OAuth, SAML), and cross-platform support for Windows and Mac.
About AlphaSense: Founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York City, AlphaSense is a market intelligence platform trusted by over 6,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500. The company has more than 2,000 employees across offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, India, Singapore, Canada, and Ireland. In 2024, AlphaSense acquired Tegus to advance its mission of empowering professionals to make smarter decisions through AI-driven market intelligence.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 10+ years building and operating large-scale production systems
- Deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript 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
- Ability to mentor teams and establish development best practices
PREFERRED:
- Production experience with Office JavaScript API, VSTO, or COM add-ins
- Knowledge of Excel's calculation engine, object model, and common power-user patterns
- Understanding of financial modeling, data analysis workflows, or trading systems
- Experience with React/TypeScript and modern frontend frameworks
- Background in building offline-capable applications with sync mechanisms
- Experience with WebSocket, real-time data feeds, or streaming architectures
