AlphaSense is seeking an exceptional engineer to own our Excel plugin strategy, bringing the power of AI-driven market intelligence directly into the workflow of financial professionals worldwide

You’ll build the bridge between our cutting‑edge AI platform and the tool that millions of analysts, investors, and researchers use every day – Microsoft Excel

Technical Environment:

Office JavaScript API / Office Add-ins framework

TypeScript, React, and modern frontend tooling

Complex state management between local and cloud data

Cross-platform support (Windows and Mac)

Build the Excel Experience: Develop and ship production‑grade features for the Excel plugin that integrate AlphaSense’s capabilities while respecting Excel’s performance and stability requirements

Navigate Complex Integration: Work with Excel’s object model, calculation engine, and event system to deliver features that feel native while accessing cloud‑based intelligence

Follow and contribute to team standards for development, testing, deployment, and monitoring of Office plugins, and support junior engineers through code reviews and pairing

You’ll fundamentally change how financial professionals interact with market intelligence

Within your first year, you’ll ship a plugin used by thousands of analysts at leading financial institutions, making AI‑powered research as easy as typing an Excel formula

You’ll eliminate the context‑switching between Excel and research platforms,



saving analysts hours daily while improving the quality of their analysis

More importantly, you’ll establish the technical foundation and best practices that will guide our Office integration strategy for years

Cutting‑edge AI capabilities that need to feel simple in Excel

Complex technical constraints that require creative solutions

You’ll need to think like a financial analyst, architect like a distributed systems engineer, and optimize like a game developer. It’s a rare opportunity to work on deeply technical challenges while directly impacting how the financial world operates

Work from home opportunities

Strong understanding of asynchronous programming, state management, and event‑driven architectures Track record of building performant applications with excellent error handling and recovery 5+ years building and operating large scale production systems Deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript and modern development practices Excellence in debugging complex integration issues and memory/performance optimization Experience with enterprise software deployment, updates, and version management Ability to mentor teams and establish development best practices Production experience with Office JavaScript API, VSTO, or COM add-ins Understanding of financial modeling, data analysis workflows, or trading systems Knowledge of Excel’s calculation engine, object model, and common power‑user patterns Experience with React and modern frontend frameworks

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📌 Senior Software Engineer - Work from home (Montreal)
🏢 AlphaSense
📍 Montreal