Tech Debt and Chaos
Tech Debt and Chaos
Fully remote position, pay meets market, slow work pace if you're on the right team.
AlphaSense waited too long before trying to pay down tech debt, and now it's so big that cleaning it up will take a lot of work.
There are 4 heads of technology, depending on how you look at it, and 3 heads of product, so it's difficult to figure out larger cross-cutting features and initiatives.
Streamline management so there is clear ownership. Aggressively pay down tech debt and stabilize critical services so teams aren't constantly fighting fires.
Start working on integrating Tegus services, so we aren't still on two platforms two years from now.
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Staff Engineer
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. - Initial interview with EM - Technical Interview with team on a take home assignment (system design) - Asked random questions on K8s (couple of those questions I fumbled, because they were more factual th
Staff Engineer
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I was contacted on LinkedIn and we arranged the first interview. The first interview was just basically marketing the company and position itself with some preliminary questions. At the end, it
Staff Engineer
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. There were a lot of issues which lead to communication misses in the interviews. In one of the interviews, from the interviewer's side, cricket match commentary was coming due to whic
Staff Engineer
July 21, 2023I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. - Initial interview with EM - Technical Interview with team on a take home assignment (system design) - Asked random questions on K8s (couple of those questions I fumbled, because they were more factual th
Staff Engineer
Helsinki, FinlandApril 6, 2025I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 days. I was contacted on LinkedIn and we arranged the first interview. The first interview was just basically marketing the company and position itself with some preliminary questions. At the end, it
Staff Engineer
February 19, 2026I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. There were a lot of issues which lead to communication misses in the interviews. In one of the interviews, from the interviewer's side, cricket match commentary was coming due to whic
