Lead Software Engineer

Job description

Meet the Moment with Alteryx

We're living through a once-in-a-generation shift in how work gets done. Data, automation, and AI are quickly becoming the center of every business decision - and Alteryx is leading the transformation.

You'll be working on the challenges that sit at the heart of modern business. No matter your role, the work you do will help organizations move faster, see more clearly, and tackle questions that used to feel impossible.

If you're ready to meet the moment with innovation, curiosity, and excellence, there's a place for you here.

A day in your life will include:

• Leading the design and implementation of high-quality, user-centric features using modern frontend technologies.
• Collaborating with engineers, designers, and data scientists to explore problem spaces, define technical solutions, and deliver impactful outcomes.
• Driving frontend architecture decisions that improve scalability, maintainability, performance, accessibility, and developer experience.
• Mentoring engineers through technical guidance, code reviews, pairing, and knowledge sharing while fostering a culture of continuous learning.
• Championing software engineering best practices, including testing, CI/CD, observability, and frontend performance optimization.
• Working closely with backend engineers to design APIs, integrate services, and deliver seamless end-to-end experiences.
• Contributing hands-on throughout the software development lifecycle while continuously improving engineering processes, tooling, and development practices.

What you'll need:

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant experience building modern web applications.
• Strong expertise in TypeScript/JavaScript.
• Extensive experience building complex applications using React and state management libraries such as Redux or similar.
• Strong understanding of HTML, CSS, responsive design, accessibility (WCAG), and modern frontend development practices.
• Solid understanding of frontend architecture, design patterns, and writing high-performing, maintainable, and scalable client-side applications.
• Experience integrating frontend applications with RESTful APIs and other backend services.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD principles and experience with GitHub, GitLab, or similar tooling.
• Strong experience implementing automated testing across the testing pyramid, including unit, integration, and end-to-end testing.
• Excellent communication skills with experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction across a team.

Highly desirable:

• Experience developing backend services using technologies such as Node.js, Kotlin, Python, or similar.
• Experience designing RESTful APIs and working with service-oriented or event-driven architectures.
• Understanding of distributed systems and asynchronous messaging patterns.
• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native application development.
• Experience building AI-powered or data-intensive applications.
• Experience with charting and visualization libraries such as Highcharts or D3.
• Experience with observability, monitoring, and production operations.
• Experience leading technical initiatives or driving architectural evolution across engineering teams.

Find yourself checking a lot of these boxes but doubting whether you should apply? At Alteryx, we support a growth mindset for our associates through all stages of their careers. If you meet some of the requirements and you share our values, we encourage you to apply. As part of our ongoing commitment to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, we’re invested in building teams with a wide variety of backgrounds, identities, and experiences.

This position involves access to software/technology that is subject to U.S. export controls. Any job offer made will be contingent upon the applicant’s capacity to serve in compliance with U.S. export controls.