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PitchBook

Lead Software Development Engineer

PitchBook, Seattle, Washington, us, 98127

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At PitchBook, a Morningstar company, we are always looking forward. We continue to innovate, evolve, and invest in ourselves to bring out the best in everyone. We're deeply collaborative and thrive on the excitement, energy, and fun that reverberates throughout the company.

Our extensive learning programs and mentorship opportunities help us create a culture of curiosity that pushes us to always find new solutions and better ways of doing things. The combination of a rapidly evolving industry and our high ambitions means there's going to be some ambiguity along the way, but we excel when we challenge ourselves. We're willing to take risks, fail fast, and do it all over again in the pursuit of excellence.

If you have a good attitude and are willing to roll up your sleeves to get things done, PitchBook is the place for you.

About the Role As a member of the Product and Engineering team at PitchBook, you will be part of a team of big thinkers, innovators, and problem solvers who strive to deepen the positive impact we have on our customers and our company every day. We value curiosity and the drive to find better ways of doing things. We thrive on customer empathy, which remains our focus when creating excellent customer experiences through product innovation.

We know that greatness is achieved through collaboration and diverse points of view, so we work closely with partners around the globe. As a team, we assume positive intent in each other's words and actions, value constructive discussions, and foster a respectful working environment built on integrity, growth, and business value. We invest heavily in our people, who are eager to learn and constantly improve. Join our team and grow with us!

PitchBook's Lead Software Development Engineer (Full Stack) is responsible for leading a team to make the suite of products we offer the very best by building systems that are a combination of cutting‑edge frameworks, tools, languages, cloud technologies, and people. This role drives projects from design to implementation to maintenance with an eye for scalability, reducing technical debt, and accomplishing company goals.

Primary Job Responsibilities

Manage, mentor, and lead a small team of software engineers

Evangelize better technical practices, and continually raise the bar for technical excellence across the company

Foster engineering culture via leading by example

Ensure Engineers within the team execute on the full SDLC: requirements elaboration, design, estimation, implementation, solution testing, and delivery

Own services and applications and related infrastructure, and ultimately responsible for the services' quality, stability, reliability, and performance in production

Own estimations of Features and Releases in the Team and can explain them to peer functions and stakeholders

Responsible for optimal engineering resources allocation and work distribution within the Team to meet the sprint and release goals

Ensure that Releases & Features meet PB Engineering (Architecture, Quality, Reliability, etc.) standards and guidelines

Use cloud technology to create robust and scalable software systems

Work directly with Product, UX, and Data Science teams to build cutting edge tools

Help establish best practices around software development, microservices, and devops

Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors

Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested

Skills and Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a similar field

2+ years of experience managing a team of developers locally and remote

5+ years of experience developing Java applications

3+ years of experience thinking and working with containers (e.g. Docker)

3+ years of experience using container orchestration software (e.g. Kubernetes)

2+ years of experience using Front-End technology (HTML, CSS, ES6+, TypeScript, React, and Redux, micro front‑end architecture)

2+ years of experience with AWS, GCP

Experienced and enthusiastic about using AI for productivity and efficiency (Github Copilot, Claude, or equivalent)

Experience writing multithreaded applications

Solid object-oriented design experience including: Domain Driven Design methodology, experience working with Service‑Oriented Architectures and Distributed Systems, an understanding of RESTful design, and an undying belief in the power of testing, CI/CD, and Agile

Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite including in‑depth knowledge of Outlook, Word, and Excel with the ability to pick up new systems and software easily

Must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future

Benefits + Compensation at PitchBook Physical Health

Comprehensive health benefits

Additional medical wellness incentives

STD, LTD, AD&D, and life insurance

Emotional Health

Paid sabbatical program after four years

Paid family and paternity leave

Annual educational stipend

Ability to apply for tuition reimbursement

CFA exam stipend

Robust training programs on industry and soft skills

Employee assistance program

Generous allotment of vacation days, sick days, and volunteer days

Social Health

Matching gifts program

Employee resource groups

Subsidized emergency childcare

Dependent Care FSA

Company-wide events

Employee referral bonus program

Quarterly team building events

Financial Health

401k match

Shared ownership employee stock program

Monthly transportation stipend

*Please be aware the above PitchBook benefit and perk offerings are subject to corresponding plan and policy documents and may change during the course of your employment.

Compensation

Annual base salary: $190,000-$240,000

Target annual bonus percentage: 10%

Working Conditions At the heart of our company is a belief in the power of in-person collaboration. Being together in the office fuels our creativity, strengthens our connections, and drives the innovation that sets us apart. Our culture is built on spontaneous moments-those hallway conversations, whiteboard brainstorms, and shared celebrations in each of our global offices-that simply can't be replicated remotely. This role is expected to be in the office 5 days a week.

The job conditions for this position are in a standard office setting. Employees in this position use PC and phone on an on-going basis throughout the day. Limited corporate travel may be required to remote offices or other business meetings and events.

We are excited to get to know you and your background. Concerned that you might not meet every requirement? We encourage you to still apply as you might be the right candidate for the role or other roles at PitchBook.

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