Principal Engineer, Developer Experience (DevEx)

AlphaSense is a company that provides AI-driven market intelligence to help professionals make informed decisions. They are looking for a Principal Engineer in Developer Experience to lead the strategy for enhancing developer productivity and experience across the organization, focusing on both local development and production systems.

Responsibilities:

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

Requirements:

• 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 of defining and driving cross-organizational technical strategy
• Experience working across multiple domains (e.g., platform, cloud, CI/CD, developer tooling)
• Strong experience with internal developer platforms (IDP) and enabling self-service ecosystems
• Deep understanding of developer productivity, metrics, and engineering insights (e.g., DORA, DX)
• Experience improving CI/CD systems for reliability, speed, and predictability at scale
• Demonstrated ability to align multiple teams and stakeholders without direct authority
• Strong systems thinking with the ability to balance local needs vs. 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 (feature flags, canary releases)
• Familiarity with frontend platforms or microfrontend architectures
• EST or UK timezone for closer overlap with direct team members