Principal Design Engineer
AlphaSense is seeking a Principal Design Engineer to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of its AI-powered market intelligence platform. This senior individual contributor position involves leading through craft, systems thinking, and technical excellence to build experiences that are tailored, intelligent, and essential to customer workflows. The role operates at the intersection of design, engineering, and product strategy, translating complex, data-rich problems into high-quality, production-ready experiences. As a senior member of the Design team, the Principal Design Engineer will mentor others, guide technical and design decisions, and strengthen the connection between user needs, business goals, and engineering realities.
Key responsibilities include creating high-fidelity, coded prototypes and interaction models that bring complex, AI-powered workflows to life and clearly communicate product direction. The role involves owning high-impact initiatives from concept through production, shipping experiences that reflect strong design thinking, technical rigor, and a deep understanding of customer workflows. The Principal Design Engineer will lead technical design discussions, make architectural decisions, and guide cross-team implementation efforts. Advancing AlphaSense’s design system as a core piece of product infrastructure—defining scalable patterns, enabling consistency, and accelerating teams building across AI-native experiences—is also a key aspect of the role. Collaboration with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to research and evaluate user requirements, translate them into effective designs, and ensure that the final product meets both user and business needs is essential. Additionally, the role involves collaborating with engineering teams during development, advocating for design quality and user experience by championing design fidelity and attention to detail throughout the development lifecycle.
The ideal candidate will have over 12 years of experience in product design, design/UX/front-end engineering, design systems, or a related discipline. A bachelor’s degree or higher is required, with a preference for degrees in design, computer science, information sciences, psychology, or human-computer interaction. Hands-on experience with modern front-end technologies such as HTML/CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and React, as well as evolving design systems, is essential. Experience building AI and agentic experiences, and leveraging AI to speed up and augment the end-to-end design and development process, is highly desirable. Expertise with modern AI technologies and the ability to apply them to design problems is also important. The candidate should have experience shipping production-ready experiences and influencing technical and design choices across teams. A strong understanding of user-centered design principles, end-to-end customer workflows, and the ability to turn new users into habitual users is crucial. Excellent communication and collaboration skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders are required. Demonstrated experience in project leadership, mentorship, and providing constructive feedback to foster professional growth is also expected.
AlphaSense offers a competitive compensation package, including a base salary range of $263,000 to $362,000 per year. Additional benefits include a performance-based bonus, equity participation, and a generous benefits program.
The company fosters a strong, collaborative design culture and provides opportunities for professional growth and development. As a senior leader within the Design team, the Principal Design Engineer will have the opportunity to mentor designers and engineers, raise the bar for craft, and contribute to a culture of excellence. Serving as a connective tissue across design, product, and engineering, the role helps teams navigate tradeoffs between technical constraints, business goals, and user experience to deliver high-quality outcomes.