Sr. Software Engineer

Alteryx is a leading analytics company focused on transforming how businesses utilize data, automation, and AI. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to take ownership of software design, development, and testing, while also contributing to quality systems and mentoring team members.

Responsibilities:

• Assist Product Management and SDK team in definition of work (stories, tasks)
• Take full ownership of work outcomes including design, development, and testing; support and contribute to DevOps pipeline
• Contribute to quality system (framework), with a strong commitment to leading with quality
• Participate in code reviews, ensuring our delivery of clean, well-tested, and performant software
• Help in the development of a great work environment by being a leader and mentor within the team and working collaboratively across teams

Requirements:

• 3+ years of Python and C++ design, development, and debugging experience preferably leveraging open source and open standards
• Design, implement, and maintain embedded Python runtime integration in a predominantly C++ engine/host environment
• Own and evolve the Alteryx Python Tool including C++ plugin engines and process lifecycle (server startup, persistence, shutdown)
• Develop and troubleshoot SDK engine plugin components (e.g., gRPC-based engine plugins, streaming pipelines) in C++ with Python-facing APIs
• Debug complex native/runtime issues involving DLL/.pyd conflicts, OpenSSL and other native libraries across multiple Python versions
• Lead modernization work around virtualenv/venv management and installer/packaging plumbing, including WiX (installer) and native DLL exports
• Maintain and extend native/compiled Python extensions, ensuring compatibility with modern NumPy/CPython ABIs
• Collaborate with security and platform teams to remediate native library vulnerabilities (e.g., c-ares, libxml2, SQLite, OpenSSL) and keep the SBOM healthy
• Improve and support developer SDKs (v1/v2), including debugging C++/Python streaming and serialization issues for 1P and 3P tool authors
• Drive reliability and performance improvements in engine ↔ Python bridges, focusing on deadlocks, crashes, and high-throughput streaming scenarios
• Contribute to and maintain CI/CD pipelines and code-quality tooling (e.g., C++ docs jobs, coverage, static analysis) affecting C++/Python hybrid repos
• Author and maintain architecture and operational runbooks for C++/Python integration points, including upgrade playbooks for new Python/OpenSSL versions
• Mentor other engineers in best practices for native–Python interop, debugging cross-language issues, and designing robust extension points
• Experience with (REST) API and/or SDK development
• MS/BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Experience with object oriented and functional design patterns
• Experience using Git and Git-based pipelines or equivalent
• Experience mentoring and developing others
• Strong skills in critical thinking, decision making, problem solving, and attention to detail
• Growth focused and curious about new challenges and experiences
• Node.js
• Familiarity with cloud computing / managed services (GCP/Azure/AWS)
• Experience or familiarity with AI-driven development in a modern IDE
• Front end experience in React or a similar framework including Javascript and JSON
• Experience with optimizing protocols and building efficient RPC systems
• Networking & concurrency experience
• Knowledge and experience with distributed computing, big data and stream processing systems
• Container experience: Docker, Kubernetes
• Rust and/or Golang familiarity
• Experience with a data prep and blend and predictive analytics workflow platform such as Alteryx