Sr. Software Development Engineer
17% above the median for Senior Engineering roles
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 distributed platform end-to-end, from design through production, and be a trusted technical voice on the team.
You have deep enough experience to operate with autonomy on hard problems, break down ambiguity into concrete engineering plans, and deliver without hand-holding. You know when to move fast and when to slow down and get the design right. You bring opinions to technical discussions, write code that others learn from, and actively make the engineers around you better.
This is a backend-heavy, hands-on role. The problems are data problems: scale, correctness, latency, and quality across a pipeline that processes billions of records from multiple external sources.
Primary Job Responsibilities:
Design, implement, and maintain backend services and data pipelines that ingest, transform, enrich, and index large-scale company and person data
Own features and system components end-to-end: requirements through design, implementation, testing, and production support
Write well-designed, testable, and efficient code that meets performance, scalability, and reliability standards
Contribute to architecture and technical design discussions; identify tradeoffs and advocate for sound engineering decisions
Perform code reviews and provide meaningful technical feedback to peers
Support production systems — deployments, troubleshooting, and incident response
Apply AI tooling to improve your own development, testing, and delivery efficiency; experiment with LLM-powered capabilities where relevant to the platform
Collaborate with engineers, product managers, and data science partners in an Agile environment
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:
Basic Qaulifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a similar field
5+ years of software engineering experience, predominantly in backend systems
5+ years of Java development experience, including production microservices
4+ years with Spring Boot / Spring Framework
Must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future
Must be able to work onsite in Seattle.
Preferred Qualifications:
Strong experience with Kafka or comparable streaming/messaging platforms
Solid experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases at meaningful data volumes
Hands-on experience with Elasticsearch or comparable search and indexing platforms
Familiarity with large-scale data ingestion, transformation, or enrichment pipelines — entity resolution, deduplication, or data quality work is a strong plus
Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) in production environments
Experience with AWS and/or GCP
Proficient in RESTful API design
Experience with unit and integration testing; strong belief in test coverage as a quality bar
Comfortable working with distributed systems concepts: fault tolerance, eventual consistency, backpressure, at-least-once delivery
Familiarity with domain-driven design and service-oriented architecture patterns
Literate in the AI/LLM space — able to evaluate tools, run experiments, and apply them pragmatically without waiting to be told to
Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to articulate technical decisions clearly to peers and non-technical stakeholders
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: $175,000-$215,000
Target annual bonus percentage: 10%