PitchBook Data

Technology

Sr.SoftwareDevelopmentEngineer

$175–215k Seattle, Washington, United States FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Sr. Software Development Engineer at PitchBook Data. Skills: Backend systems, Data Platform, Distributed systems, Data ingestion. Design backend services. Implement backend services”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Problem solvers; Break down ambiguity; Concrete engineering plans; Hard problems

Eligibility Requirements

Work in the United States

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, 5+ years software engineering, 5+ years Java development, 4+ years Spring Boot, 5+ years backend systems, Production microservices experience, PostgreSQL experience, Elasticsearch experience, Containerization and orchestration, AWS and/or GCP experience, Proficient in RESTful API design, Unit and integration testing, Distributed systems concepts

Nice to Have

Kafka experience, Relational databases at meaningful data volumes, Search and indexing platforms, Large-scale data ingestion, Data transformation, Data enrichment pipelines, Entity resolution, Deduplication, Data quality work, Docker experience, Kubernetes experience, Test coverage as a quality bar

What You'll Do.

Design backend services

Implement backend services

Maintain backend services

Design data pipelines

Implement data pipelines

Maintain data pipelines

Ingest large-scale data

Transform large-scale data

Enrich large-scale data

Index large-scale data

Own features end-to-end

Own system components end-to-end

Write well-designed code

Meet performance standards

Meet scalability standards

Meet reliability standards

Contribute to architecture

Contribute to technical design

Advocate for engineering decisions

Provide technical feedback

Support production systems

Experiment with LLM capabilities

Collaborate with engineers

Collaborate with product managers

Collaborate with data science partners

Support company vision

Support company values

Encourage desired behaviors

Participate in company initiatives

Participate in projects

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Agile environment; Product and Engineering team; Engineers; Product managers; Data science partners

Process & Methodology

Agile

Full Job Description

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! As a Senior Software Development Engineer on the Data Platform team, you will design and build the backend systems that ingest, correlate, enrich, and serve billions of records across PitchBook's customer-facing products. You will own meaningful pieces of a complex, high-scale

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