Staff Software Development Engineer, PitchBook
$215-235k
Target annual bonus percentage: 15%
More information about location
4+ days a week in office
Private equity & venture capital database
Open for applications
Private equity & venture capital database
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$215-235k
Target annual bonus percentage: 15%
More information about location
4+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide thousands of global business professionals with comprehensive data on the private and public markets to help them discover and execute opportunities with confidence.
Role
Who you are
- Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a similar field
- 8+ years of experience in a Software Development or Engineering role with a Bachelor's Degree, 6+ years of experience in a Software Development or Engineering role with a Master's degree, or 3+ years of experience in a Software Development or Engineering role with a PhD
- 4+ years of experience with Java or a similar object-oriented language
- 2+ years of experience developing micro service
- 5+ years of experience in domain-driven design: demonstrated ability to identify domains and bounded context, establish architecture alignment across teams and respective domain ownership, apply domain-driven design integration patterns across service architecture
- 4+ years of experience in data architecture: Event/Data Buses/Messaging (Kafka or similar), Data Pipeline/Integration Pipelines across systems (ETL/ELT), SQL, and Data Lake/Data Warehouse (Redshift, Snowflake)
- 5+ years of experience in Service-Oriented & Microservices Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Clean Architecture, Hexagonal Architecture
- 5+ years of experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and/or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- 5+ years of experience with container orchestration software (e.g., Kubernetes)
- Preferred experience with the following technology stack: Python, Microsoft SQL Server, Redis, Jenkins, Struts, PostgreSQL, Docker, JMeter, Vue.js, SonarQube, Wijmo, AWS DocumentDB, AWS Lamba, AWS general services, Node, Nuxtjs, Selenium, Gradle, Checkmarx, TestRail, Angular, .NET, .NET Core, .NET 6, MongoDB, jQuery, and Apache Tomcat
- Fluent in identifying and applying architecture patterns and designing RESTful API
- Experience working and designing middleware, platform, frameworks, or system of systems
- Experience with web technologies and standards (e.g., JSON, JWT)
- Experience in Java and Spring Boot/Spring Framework
- Highly experienced working within a development team in an Agile environment
- Ability to handle a project through the entire software development lifecycle, end to end
- Ability to lead and provide guidance to junior peers across multiple teams
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
- Strong problem-solving ability
- 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
What the job involves
- 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
- As a Staff Software Development Engineer within the Product organization, you will be responsible for architecting and delivering the next suite of services that power the PitchBook platform
- You will be essential in guiding one or more technical teams to build exceptional solutions that are relied upon and used by thousands of PitchBook customers every day, and work with PitchBook professionals around the world with the collective goal of delighting our customers and growing our business
- The team will rely on your broad and deep experience in building and delivering comprehensive cloud solutions and full understanding of the team’s business domain to shape principles, practices, and capture just-in-time decisions based on trade-off analysis
- With your strong analytical skills, you’ll be able to break down abstract and complex problems into smaller problems and apply Domain Driven Design approaches such as identifying bounded contexts and establish decomposition process
- You will be expected to devise solutions based on limited information and precedent to find creative ways to tackle challenges
- It is essential that you be able to interpret, assess, and resolve a wide range of issues and be able to select the right course of action
- You will collaborate with external and internal stakeholders of different roles and backgrounds, who may have varying degrees of understanding of the domain
- You may need to adapt your style of communication based on the audience you are interacting with and will be relied on to influence decisions to build optimal solutions to complex challenges
- Additionally, as a technical expert in a broad set of domains, you will be expected to engage actively in promoting architecture guideline, principles, and practices across team(s), and be a driver for consistency and alignment for cross cutting concerns using influence and effective communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Architect, design, develop, and maintain components of PitchBook’s services, including backend with aspects of front-end related to architecture (micro front-end patterns). Hands-on development will be part of the responsibilities
- Ensure qualities/non-functional requirements of the platforms and products are defined, measurable, and are continuously evaluated to deliver the right product to our users
- Document architecture evolutions (current state, future state, phasing), communicate architecture, and elaborate with teams
- Implement well-designed, testable, and efficient code that meets product requirements, coding standards, performance, scalability, reliability, and the organization’s goals and principles
- Collaborate with other engineers, product managers, and other internal stakeholders in an Agile environment
- Provide technical guidance and perform architectural reviews with team members
- Design and deliver end-to-end initiatives with little to no guidance
- Define and participate in processes that improve products using return on experience and root cause analysis of incidents
- Complex legacy application reverse engineering
- Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors
- Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested
- 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
Our take
Recognizing the need for actionable and extensive intelligence in the private equity sector, PitchBrook was founded in 2007 with the vision to create a resource for comprehensive data, research, and insights spanning the global capital markets.
To address the complexity of these markets, PitchBook has continually expanded its coverage, integrating thousands of datasets and millions of individual insights into its platform. The company's dedication to innovation is evident in the pioneering features and products introduced to surface critical information for its clients.
PitchBook's integration into Morningstar since 2016 has provided a solid foundation for sustained growth and development. The company's commitment to helping clients make informed decisions suggests a future of ongoing evolution and expansion, as it remains at the forefront of providing indispensable resources for navigating the complexities of the global capital markets.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Jan 2016
$10m
SERIES B
Sep 2009
$3.8m
SERIES A
Total funding: $13.8m
Company benefits
- Additional medical wellness incentives
- Paid sabbatical program after four years
- Paid parental leave
- Annual educational stipend
- Robut training programs on industry and soft skills
- Employee resource groups
- Company-wide events
- Employee referral bonus program
- Quarterly team building events
- Shared ownership employee stock program
- Monthly transportation stipend
- Comprehensive health benefits
- STD, LTD, AD&D and life insurance
- Ability to apply for tuition reimbursement
- CFA exam stipend
- Employee assistance program
- Generous allotment of vacation days, sick days and volunteer days
- Matching gifts program
- Subsidized emergency childcare
- Dependent Care FSA
- 401k match
Company values
- Customers are King: We only succeed when our clients do - and that drives us. We seek to understand our client's needs, both internally and externally
- Excellence as a State of Mind: We hold high standards. We set and conquer aggressive goals - executing on details
- Embrace and Drive Change: We challenge the status quo and embrace the better way
- Focus on Focus: We never lose sight of what's important. We focus on the actions that create success
- Make it fun: We positively impact our coworkers and clients. We work hard and make it fun too
Company HQ
Central Business District, Seattle, WA
Articles
Leadership
John Gabbert
(CEO)Previously the Managing Director of Private Markets at Dow Jones. Also spent over 6 years at VentureOne in multiple roles, including Director of Reseach/Operations and VP of Worldwide Research.
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