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VP of Engineering, Product Development

Seattle, Washington, United States

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 is looking for a seasoned and forward-thinking technology leader to join our team as Vice President of Engineering, overseeing Product Development. Reporting to our EVP, Technology & Engineering, you’ll lead a global organization of more than 200 engineers who design, build, and scale the PitchBook Platform — the technology that powers how thousands of investors, advisors, and dealmakers discover opportunities and make confident decisions across private and public markets.

This is a key leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of strategy, innovation, and execution. You’ll shape our engineering vision, strengthen our platform architecture, and continue building a world-class team and culture. If you’re passionate about scaling technology, developing people, and building products that make a real impact — this role is for you.

 

Primary Job Responsibilities:

Technical Strategy & Vision

  • Set the technical direction and drive execution for PitchBook’s engineering organization, ensuring our technology strategy supports innovation, scalability, and customer success
  • Lead architectural modernization initiatives that strengthen performance, reliability, and developer efficiency
  • Evaluate and introduce emerging technologies — from AI and data pipelines to automation tools — that help move the business forward

Organizational Leadership & People Development

  • Lead, mentor, and grow a global team of 200+ engineers and technical leaders
  • Foster an inclusive, high-performing culture built on trust, accountability, and continuous learning
  • Build clear career paths and leadership frameworks to help engineers and managers reach their potential

Operational Excellence

  • Maintain a high bar for software quality, delivery speed, and platform reliability
  • Drive adoption of best practices such as CI/CD, automated testing, observability, and modern cloud-native development
  • Use data and metrics to guide decisions and continuously improve how we build and deliver software

Cross-Functional Partnership

  • Partner closely with Product Management and Design leaders to deliver scalable, customer-focused solutions
  • Work with senior leaders across the business to ensure technology investments align with company goals and deliver measurable outcomes
  • Synergize with Software Architecture, Technology Operations, and AI/ML teams to incorporate advanced technologies and methodologies into a highly performant and efficient set of products
  • Model PitchBook’s leadership principles — integrity, accountability, and collaboration — in everything you do

 

Skills and Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; Master’s degree preferred
  • 15+ years of experience in software engineering, with 7+ years leading large, distributed engineering organizations
  • Proven track record of delivering and scaling complex SaaS or data/analytics platforms with a focus on performance, security, and reliability
  • Deep technical expertise in modern software development, including microservices, cloud-native architectures, DevOps, and continuous delivery
  • Demonstrated success leading organizational transformation — modernizing architectures, scaling systems, and evolving engineering culture
  • Recognized for building high-trust, high-performance teams that combine technical excellence with strong collaboration and ownership
  • Exceptional communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to inspire and influence both technical and business audiences
  • Experience in financial data, analytics, or capital markets technology is strongly preferred
  • Analytical, data-driven, and strategic thinker who makes decisions grounded in both business and engineering metrics
  • Empathetic, authentic, and inspirational leader who builds trust, fosters engagement, and drives impact through people

Technical & Architectural Leadership

  • Cloud-Native Expertise: Deep experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Kubernetes (GKE), including managing multi-cloud (AWS) legacy footprints
  • Modern Application Architecture: Proven experience scaling Java (Spring Boot) microservices and React/TypeScript Micro Front-End (MFE) 
  • Architectural Governance: Ability to evolve and ensure adoption of PitchBook Well-Architected Framework, including BFF (Back-End for Front-End) patterns and microservice decomposition
  • Event-Driven Systems: Strong command of asynchronous, event-driven architecture using Kafka
  • Data & AI Strategy: Strategic oversight of a modern data platform (PostgreSQL, Snowflake, Redis, Elasticsearch) and emerging AI/ML systems, including Agentic Frameworks (Langchain), Vector Databases (Pinecone), and MLOps platforms (Sagemaker, Vertex AI, Kubeflow)
  • API & Integration: Mastery of API-first design (REST, gRPC, GraphQL) and gateway management (Kong, Apigee)

Strategic & Organizational Leadership

  • Sociotechnical Design: Mastery of Domain-Driven Design (DDD) and Team Topologies, with the ability to align technical architecture with team boundaries and business domains
  • Platform Engineering: Proven ability to accelerate the creation of resilient solutions by embracing Platform Engineering organization capabilities and ensuring adoption of golden paths
  • DevOps & GitOps Culture: Expertise in maturing a high-performance DevOps and GitOps culture, standardizing on tools like GitLab CI, ArgoCD, and Terraform
  • Reliability & Security: A "Security-by-Design" and Zero Trust mindset. Deep experience adopting and scaling SRE practices (SLOs/SLIs) and managing modern security stacks (Okta, Auth0, HashiCorp Vault, Cloudflare)
  • Observability: A data-driven approach to reliability, leveraging a comprehensive observability stack (e.g., ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, Sentry)
  • Business & Change Leadership: Proven change management skills with experience leading large-scale technical transformations. Strong business acumen, including FinOps (cloud cost management) and a Product Thinking mindset

 

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: $300,000-$350,000
  • Target annual bonus percentage: 30%

 

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.

 

Life At PB:

We are consistently recognized as a Best Place to Work and our culture is at the heart of our success. It’s our fundamental belief that people do and create great things and that people are the cornerstone of prosperity. We believe that proactively seeking out different points of view, listening to others, learning, and reflecting on what we’ve heard creates a sense of belonging within PitchBook and strengthens the PitchBook community.

 

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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