Senior Software Engineer

AlphaSense

. Architect and optimize infrastructure handling billions of documents and hundreds of queries per second .

Posted 10/9/2026full-timeRemote • IndiaSeniorWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in architecting and optimizing large-scale distributed systems, with a focus on performance optimization, monitoring, and proactive engineering practices. Proficient in modern search technologies and data pipeline architecture to enhance information retrieval and system scalability.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Distributed Systems ArchitecturePerformance OptimizationData Pipeline ArchitectureSearch Platforms (Vespa, Elasticsearch, Solr)Kubernetes and Infrastructure as Code

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Hard Skills

Distributed Systems FundamentalsShardingReplicationConsistencyPartition ToleranceProfiling and Diagnosing BottlenecksReal-Time ProcessingObservable SystemsHybrid Search ApproachesJVM-Based Systems Tuning

Tools & Technologies

KubernetesCRDsInfrastructure as CodeMonitoring and Alerting Tools

Industry Keywords

Information RetrievalRanking SystemsRecommendation EnginesHigh-Throughput SystemsLarge-Scale Data Platforms

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed SystemsElasticSearchKubernetes

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Architect and optimize infrastructure handling billions of documents and hundreds of queries per second
Drive migration from legacy systems to modern architecture, ensuring zero downtime and improved performance
Establish comprehensive monitoring, testing, and deployment practices that catch issues before customers do
Profile and tune systems from the infrastructure to the application level, balancing cost and performance
Own a critical search platform impacting how customers discover insights
Build the next generation of information retrieval at scale using modern technologies including hybrid lexical/vector search
Transform search infrastructure from reactive to proactive, reduce latency, complete a major platform migration, and build systems that scale with company growth
Establish engineering practices that prevent customer issues

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years building and operating distributed systems in production
Experience with large-scale data platforms or high-throughput systems
Expertise in distributed systems fundamentals: sharding, replication, consistency, partition tolerance
Strong performance optimization skills, including profiling, diagnosing, and fixing bottlenecks across the stack
Experience with data pipeline architecture, real-time processing, or database internals
Excellence in building observable systems with comprehensive monitoring and alerting
Preferred: Experience with search platforms (Vespa, Elasticsearch, Solr) or similar large-scale data systems
Preferred: Experience with Kubernetes, CRDs, and infrastructure as code
Preferred: Background in information retrieval, ranking systems, or recommendation engines
Preferred: Familiarity with hybrid search approaches (lexical and vector)
Preferred: Experience with JVM-based systems and tuning
Preferred: Knowledge of modern engineering practices from high-growth companies

Benefits

Comp & perks

Equal-opportunity employment commitment
Reasonable accommodation for qualified employees with protected disabilities, as required by applicable laws
AlphaSense never asks candidates to pay for job applications, equipment, or training