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# Desktop Software Engineering Manager at AlphaSense

- **Company:** AlphaSense
- **Location:** Chicago, IL
- **Compensation:** $110k–$150k
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-05-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-15
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/alphasense/jobs/8538783002

## Job description

About AlphaSense:

AlphaSense is the AI platform redefining market intelligence and workflow orchestration, trusted by thousands of leading organizations to drive faster, more confident decisions in business and finance. The platform combines domain-specific AI with a vast content universe of over 500 million premium business documents — including equity research, earnings calls, expert interviews, filings, news, and internal proprietary content. Purpose-built for speed, accuracy, and enterprise-grade security, AlphaSense helps teams extract critical insights, uncover market-moving trends, and automate complex workflows with high-quality outputs. With AI solutions like Generative Search, Generative Grid, and Deep Research, AlphaSense delivers the clarity and depth professionals need to navigate complexity and obtain accurate, real-time information quickly. For more information, visit [www.alpha-sense.com](http://www.alpha-sense.com). Come join us.

## About the Role

AlphaSense is building a new Desktop Software Engineering function within Corporate Technology, and we are looking for the manager who will shape it from the ground up. This role sits at the intersection of enterprise endpoint engineering and internal product quality — primarily responsible for ensuring that AlphaSense's own desktop applications behave reliably on every managed endpoint across the company, while also contributing to the team responsible for macOS and Windows device management at scale.

This is not a traditional IT management role. You will lead a team of engineers (not generalist support technicians) who own MDM platforms, write automation, and serve as the technical bridge between Corporate IT and the product engineering organization. As the founding manager of this function, you will define how the team operates, how work gets prioritized, and how the team earns trust with both the internal IT organization and the engineering teams you partner with.

You'll report to the Senior Manager of Integrated IT and work closely with Security, Business Applications, and Information Engineering teams as part of AlphaSense's broader Secure IT initiative.

## About You

You've been the most technical person in the room in IT settings, and you've also successfully made the shift to leading a team — without losing your instincts for what good engineering looks like. You're energized by building something new: defining how a function should work, earning trust with peers across the organization, and growing engineers who are proud of the quality of their work. You hold a high bar for documentation, automation, and root cause analysis, and you bring that standard to everything the team produces. You're not looking for a role where you just manage tickets — you want to build something.

## What You’ll Do

Desktop Application Quality & Diagnostics

- Ensure the team is testing new desktop application releases against the managed device baseline before broad internal rollout
- Own the team's relationship with product engineering as it relates to how AlphaSense desktop applications behave on managed employee endpoints
- Define the standard for how the team captures and communicates diagnostic data (logs, traces, environmental context) to product engineering in a way that accelerates resolution
- Establish and maintain a process for reproducing, triaging, and escalating employee-reported desktop application issues — including crash analysis, update failures, OS permission conflicts, and performance degradation

Program Management & Stakeholder Alignment

- Maintain visibility into the health of the endpoint fleet and the desktop application experience, and report proactively on trends, risks, and improvements
- Coordinate with Integrated IT leadership on resourcing, prioritization, and roadmap planning
- Contribute to the Secure IT initiative by owning the endpoint engineering workstream within the broader Corporate Technology program

## Team Leadership & Function Building

- Hire, onboard, and develop a team of 2–4 Desktop System Software Engineers, with a focus on building deep technical capability in endpoint engineering and desktop application diagnostics
- Define the operating model for the function: how issues are triaged, escalated, diagnosed, and resolved; how the team interfaces with product engineering; and how work is tracked and reported
- Build and maintain a culture of engineering rigor — runbooks, documentation, automation, and post-incident review — rather than reactive ticket-chasing
- Set clear expectations, provide regular feedback, and support career development for each team member
- Represent the Desktop Engineering function in cross-functional forums and planning cycles

Endpoint Engineering & MDM

- Collaborate and contribute on the strategy and execution of macOS and Windows endpoint management across the enterprise fleet via Kandji/Iru and Microsoft Intune
- Guide the team in designing and maintaining enrollment workflows, configuration profiles, compliance policies, and custom automation scripts
- Help ensure software deployment, patch management, and application control strategies are current, scalable, and aligned with the Security team's enforcement posture
- Partner with Security on EDR (CrowdStrike Falcon), Zero Trust (Cloudflare WARP/Gateway), and identity (Okta) integrations at the endpoint layer, representing the endpoint engineering perspective in policy decisions

## What We’re Looking For

Required

- 5+ years of experience in endpoint engineering, desktop platform engineering, or a related technical discipline — with at least 2 years in a people management or formal tech lead role
- Hands-on background with macOS and/or Windows at a systems/configuration level, beyond standard user support; able to credibly evaluate and guide the technical work of your team
- Demonstrated experience with one or more enterprise MDM platforms: Kandji/Iru, Jamf Pro, or Microsoft Intune
- Experience managing or closely partnering with product engineering teams on client-side issues; comfortable reading a bug report, asking the right diagnostic questions, and holding the line on quality
- Proven ability to build and run a technical function: defining process, establishing standards, and driving accountability without micromanaging
- Strong written and verbal communication skills — able to translate technical issues into business impact for senior stakeholders and translate business priorities into clear engineering work for your team
- Experience hiring and developing technical talent

## Preferred

- Experience with Kandji/Iru specifically, including Blueprint architecture and enforcement scripting
- Familiarity with Electron-based desktop applications and their specific deployment, update, and permission behaviors on managed endpoints
- Experience with CrowdStrike Falcon, Cloudflare Zero Trust / WARP, or Okta in an enterprise endpoint context
- Background in a SaaS product company where Corporate IT and Engineering teams collaborate closely
- Familiarity with Qualys VMDR or similar vulnerability management tooling
- Experience operating within a formal security-focused IT program (Zero Trust, SOC 2, endpoint compliance)
- Familiarity with Jira Service Management for ticket and change management workflows

For base compensation, we set standard ranges for all roles based on function and level benchmarked against similar stage growth companies and internal comparables. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience/expertise and may vary from the amounts listed below.

You may also be offered a performance-based bonus, equity, and a generous benefits program.

Base Compensation Range $110,000—$150,000 USD

AlphaSense is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling AlphaSense’s commitment to equal employment opportunity. AlphaSense does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any other non-merit factor. This policy applies to every aspect of employment at AlphaSense, including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, and termination.

In addition, it is the policy of AlphaSense to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances where a particular employee works.

Recruiting Scams and Fraud

We at AlphaSense have been made aware of fraudulent job postings and individuals impersonating AlphaSense recruiters. These scams may involve fake job offers, requests for sensitive personal information, or demands for payment. Please note:

- AlphaSense never asks candidates to pay for job applications, equipment, or training.
- All official communications will come from an @[alpha-sense.com](http://alpha-sense.com/) email address.
- If you’re unsure about a job posting or recruiter, verify it on our [Careers page](https://www.alpha-sense.com/careers/).

If you believe you’ve been targeted by a scam or have any doubts regarding the authenticity of any job listing purportedly from or on behalf of AlphaSense please contact us. Your security and trust matter to us.

## About AlphaSense

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: AlphaSense operates an AI-powered market intelligence and search platform that helps business professionals make faster, more confident decisions by synthesizing insights from a vast library of curated public and private content.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series G, last raised ~1 month ago)
- **Headquarters**: New York, NY (441 Ninth Avenue 4th Floor, New York, 10001)
- **Founded**: 2011
- **Founders**: Jaakko (Jack) Kokko and Raj Neervannan

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Market Intelligence, Enterprise AI, Financial Data & Analytics
- **Target customers**: B2B – serving Investment Banking, Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Asset Management, Consulting, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Tech/Media/Telecom, Energy, Industrials, Consumer Goods & Retail
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “Empower professionals to make smarter business decisions with confidence and speed.” [[glassdoor.com]]

## Products & Services
- **AlphaSense Core Search (newest release: AlphaSense X)**: AI-driven search engine that surfaces insights from millions of premium financial and business documents (company filings, broker research, expert transcripts, private data, internal content). Includes generative search with sentence-level citations and no hallucinations. Multi-agent architecture automates repeatable research tasks and synthesizes findings into reports and slides. [[alpha-sense.com]]
- **Acquired Assets (Tegus, BamSEC, Canalyst, Sentieo)**: Integrated expert call transcripts, SEC filing analytics, financial models, and quantitative data to deepen the content library.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company); total raised is **$1.747B** (Series G as of mid-2025). [[cbinsights.com]]
- **Key Metric**: Total funding of $1.747B.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not listed in provided sources; partner recognition includes Cerebras Systems for accelerated AI inference. [[alpha-sense.com/about/]]
- **Growth Signals**: Trusted by 7,000+ of the world’s largest enterprises; headcount of 1,001–5,000 employees (Glassdoor); new headquarters in Hudson Yards; multiple acquisitions (Tegus, BamSEC, Canalyst, Sentieo) over the past five years; partnership with Cerebras for faster AI.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Curated & exclusive content**: Access to Tegus expert transcripts, broker research, private financial data, and company filings that competitors may lack.
- **Trusted AI**: “Sentence-level citations and no hallucinations” – GenAI outputs grounded in reliable sources with full auditability.
- **Unified workflow**: Combines discovery, reasoning, and output generation in a single platform – eliminating fragmented tools.
- **Patents**: Filed 40 patents related to computational linguistics, natural language processing, and data management. [[cbinsights.com]]

## Strategic Focus
- **Next-generation Generative Search**: Multi-agent architecture that automates research tasks and produces executive-ready reports.
- **Content expansion**: Continues to acquire and integrate high-value data sources (expert transcripts, financial models, etc.).
- **AI reliability**: Emphasizing hallucination-free outputs and sentence-level citations to maintain trust with decision-makers.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “product-led, growth mindset, people first.” Emphasis on empathy, inclusion, psychological safety, and work-life balance. [[alpha-sense.com/careers/]]
- **Benefits**: Comprehensive medical coverage, mental health support, wellness programs, retirement plans, stock options, financial consulting, generous time-off, volunteering opportunities, and family-friendly programs.
- **Growth**: Continuous learning, mentorship, leadership access, and career mobility across teams and regions.
- **Work environment**: “You’ll be surrounded by smart, supportive teammates” – autonomy with collaboration, fast-moving, trust-based. Offices in 7 locations; hybrid/remote policy not explicitly stated in provided sources.

## Sources
1. [alpha-sense.com](https://www.alpha-sense.com/)
2. [alpha-sense.com/careers/](https://www.alpha-sense.com/careers/)
3. [alpha-sense.com/about/](https://www.alpha-sense.com/about/)
4. [glassdoor.com](https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-AlphaSense-EI_IE1664354.11,21.htm)
5. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/alphasense-1)

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