Senior Backend Engineer, AlphaSights
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Connecting businesses with industry professionals
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Connecting businesses with industry professionals
1001+ employees
Posted today
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To equip global investors and business leaders with the knowledge that powers better decisions, and our people with the skills that power successful careers.
Role
Who you are
- You probably have a degree in a STEM subject, but we’re happy to work with people who perfected their craft via a different route
- Experience working at a similar level in a mature Engineering team for 5+ years, and looking to take your career to the next level. We’re looking for people who have incredible potential
- Technical expertise with at least one programming language (we use Kotlin and a bit of Ruby), and ideally experience with relational databases
- Proven track record – You’ve made a demonstrable impact in your previous roles, standing out from your peers
- Highly driven and proactive – you relentlessly and independently push through hurdles and drive towards excellent outcomes
- Meticulous – you hold high standards and have an obsessive attention to detail
- Don’t worry if your experience or background doesn’t match all of these areas, we believe a broad spectrum of experience provides great perspective on solving problems in new and innovative ways and we’d love to hear from you
What the job involves
- We are looking for highly talented and driven software engineers who take pride in their work, to expand our Engineering team in London
- Successful candidates will join a cross functional team including product managers and designers working closely with the rest of our business to deliver working code that solves real problems for both internal and external customers
- You will take ownership of the services managed by your team, ensuring that their development aligns with the higher level AlphaSights Engineering strategy, while mentoring more junior Engineers
- If you have a strong passion for solving problems with code, and want to work with exceptional colleagues in a high achievement environment, this role is a good fit for you
- Design solutions: Define the best technical solutions to business problems, contributing to an architectural vision that will scale up to be the world’s leading research platform
- Ship working code: We primarily work with React on the frontend and Kotlin microservices with Postgres on the backend, with some older services written in Ruby on Rails. We’ve always got an eye open to assess new technologies that might improve our stack
- Deploy and iterate: We release frequently to our customers, using CIrcleCI and Spinnaker for CI/CD, and quickly gather feedback in order to inform our next iteration
- Build your competency: You will learn quickly by building market-leading technology with experienced colleagues in a high performance environment. Engineers can also use our L&D budget to fast-track development of specific technical competencies
- Maintenance and troubleshooting: Carefully monitor our services, catching errors before users notice them, diagnosing the root cause and deploying fixes
Our take
Businesses often invest significant time and effort into finding expert knowledge in a process that can be a difficult and arduous. AlphaSights bridges the gap between businesses and industry experts by sourcing people with relevant knowledge so businesses don't have to.
Through the use of artificial intelligence, AlphaSights is able to provide an end-to-end service for businesses whilst rigorously complying with company requirements. A central, ever-evolving system allows the company to keep on top of the new and most relevant industry professionals in real-time to provide tailor-made and effective service.
AlphaSights supports private equity funds, hedge funds, consultancies, Fortune 500 companies and Social Impact & Non-Profits.
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Meet the team
178 people
Martin, Manager, Consulting
Our mission
We serve the world's top investors and business leaders. Our success relies on us fielding an elite team that clients see as an extension of their ownInsights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jan 2008
$9.2m
SEED
Total funding: $9.2m
Company benefits
- 4% matched pension contribution on qualified earnings
- Comprehensive private health insurance coverage and dental insurance
- 25 vacation days in addition to bank holidays and business closure between Christmas and New Year’s
- Offices in central London; subsidised lunch plus free breakfast, snacks and fruit throughout the day
- Option to work from home on Fridays
Company values
- Results-orientation: Simply put, we exist to achieve results - for our clients, our people and our company. Actions speak louder than words, but results speak louder than actions
- Drive: We pursue ambitious goals, and we have the grit and patience to achieve them. Success is no overnight miracle - it comes from doing ordinary things extraordinarily well, every day
- Empathy: We seek to deeply understand others' needs and perspectives, add value to their lives, and build lasting, trust-based relationships
- Adaptability: The world around us changes constantly. We think on our feet, pivot quickly and embrace ambiguity and change positively
- Humility: We view ourselves as a work-in-progress and look to learn, grow and improve every day. We are aware of just how much better we can still become
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Max Cartellieri
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Began their career as a Consultant at McKinsey & Company. They then went on to co-found Ciao where they served as the Co-CEO for 7 years before co-founding AlphaSights
Andrew Heath
(Co-Founder & Co-CEO)Began their career as an Associate at The Boston Consulting Group. They then spent 7 years as a Managing Director at GoIndustry DoveBid.
People progressing
After joining AlphaSights back in September 2019 as part of the Lateral Recruitment function, Pip has helped to grow teams across the business and elevated to Senior Recruitment Associate and now Talent Acquisition Manager.
People breakdown
Working location
100%
Hybrid
Last updated on 04 December 2024
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at AlphaSights
- We believe that investing in DEI is the right thing to do and is vital to driving progress. We go the extra mile to build teams of people with diverse backgrounds and experiences because diversity of thought drives innovation and knowledge diffusion which creates value for our clients, employees and society
- Diversity: We strive to build diverse teams, so we heavily invest in identifying and attracting top talent with diverse backgrounds and experiences
- Equity: Fair and equal treatment is in our DNA. Our processes, culture and values are designed to ensure everyone is treated equitably and with respect
- Inclusion: Our community is vibrant and we want all employees to have a feeling of belonging at AlphaSights. Through our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) we provide support and community for employees globally
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