Lead Software Development Engineer

Lead Software Development EngineerAs 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.PitchBook's Lead Software Development Engineer on the Frontier Data Platform team is a senior technical leader and prolific individual contributor. You will design, build, and own the systems that ingest, correlate, enrich, and surface billions of records across PitchBook's customer-facing products — from raw scraped data through to search-ready, AI-augmented intelligence.This is a hands-on role. You will write production code every day, prototype rapidly when the problem demands it, and lead by example rather than by delegation. You will be the technical north star for a small, high-ownership engineering team — setting the bar for design quality, system thinking, and engineering craft.Primary Job Responsibilities:Manage, mentor, and lead a small team of software engineersEvangelizes better technical practices, and continually raises the bar for technical excellence across the companyWrite production-grade backend code daily — services, pipelines, APIs — from prototype to shipLead system design for new platform capabilities: ingestion pipelines, entity resolution, enrichment workflows, search indexing strategiesOwn the technical quality of the team's output: code review, architecture decisions, performance, reliability, observabilityAssess tradeoffs quickly and pivot when needed — whether that's a proof-of-concept in a day or a multi-week pipeline refactorCollaborate directly with the EM, product, and partner teams on requirements and technical directionMentor engineers on the team through code, design discussions, and direct pairingIdentify and drive down technical debt that meaningfully limits velocity or reliabilityOwn services and applications and related infrastructure, and ultimately responsible for the services' quality, stability, reliability, and performance in productionOwn estimations of Features and Releases in the Team and can explain them to peer functions and stakeholdersResponsible for optimal engineering resources allocation and work distribution within the Team to meet the sprint and release goalsEnsure that Releases & Features meet PitchBook Engineering (Architecture, Quality, Reliability, etc.) standards and guidelinesUse cloud technology to create robust and scalable software systemsHelping establish best practices around software development, microservices, and devopsSupport the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviorsParticipate in various company initiatives and projects as requestedBasic Qualifications:Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a similar fieldTrack record of technical leadership in a small, high-ownership team — without needing a large org around you to get things done7+ years of backend software engineering, predominantly in Java on production systems at scaleCloud infrastructure experience (GCP preferred, AWS acceptable)Must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the futurePreferred Qualifications:Deep experience with distributed data pipelines and streaming systems — Kafka or equivalentStrong hands-on experience with Elasticsearch or comparable search/indexing platformsSolid PostgreSQL or relational DB expertise at meaningful data volumesExperience with large-scale data ingestion, transformation, or enrichment systems — entity resolution, deduplication, or data quality pipelines are a strong plusContainerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) in productionStrong system design instincts: distributed systems, data modeling, API design, fault toleranceExperienced and enthusiastic about using AI for productivity and efficiency (GitHub Copilot, Claude, or equivalent)Solid object-oriented design experience including: Domain Driven Design methodology, experience working with service-oriented architectures and Distributed Systems, and an undying belief in the power of testing, CI/CD, and AgileBenefits + Compensation at PitchBook:Physical HealthComprehensive health benefitsAdditional medical wellness incentivesSTD, LTD, AD&D, and life insuranceEmotional HealthPaid sabbatical program after four yearsPaid family and paternity leaveAnnual educational stipendAbility to apply for tuition reimbursementCFA exam stipendRobust training programs on industry and soft skillsEmployee assistance programGenerous allotment of vacation days, sick days, and volunteer daysSocial HealthMatching gifts programEmployee resource groupsSubsidized emergency childcareDependent Care FSACompany-wide eventsEmployee referral bonus programQuarterly team building eventsFinancial Health401k matchShared ownership employee stock programMonthly transportation stipendCompensationAnnual base salary: $190,000-$230,000Target annual bonus percentage: 15%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.