Engineering Manager, Software Development

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 an Engineering Manager, Software Development in PitchBook’s engineering division, you will be leading software engineering, testing, and surrounding development activities for one or more teams for PitchBook globally. You will work closely with colleagues to build simple and elegant solutions to complex challenges, engaging our software engineers to unearth innovative ways to apply modern technologies and tools to delight our customers with the value of PitchBook data.   

This is a full-stack role, where you will utilize your strong background in Java, Javascript, React, web services (REST / gRPC), messaging frameworks (Kafka), cloud technologies, caching and persistence to build innovative and performant solutions. You will ensure our stream-aligned teams develop mastery of their discrete domains and have autonomy, ownership, accountability for their deliverables.   

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Leads software development technical direction and execution (operations, processes, practices, and standards), and code quality for one or more teams, working closely with engineering leadership and product management to craft roadmaps and achieve success criteria  
• Bridges the gap between business/product needs and execution, including by building and delivering on group-level OKRs, identifying resource needs, and building execution plans for initiatives  
• Ensures software development roadmap items are delivered on-time and with exceptional quality  
• Extends influence across distributed engineering teams to make strong day-to-day decisions independently through effective knowledge management, communities-of-practice, mentorship, and training  
• Serves as a force multiplier for product teams by removing roadblocks, implementing process improvements, providing frequent, actionable feedback to team members, and building practices for ideation and innovation  
• Ensures robust engineering diagrams are maintained, developing a detailed understanding of key aspects of current software state, and engaging engineers at a code and design level  
• Describes technical context in intuitive ways for different audiences, adapting communication from highly technical deep dives with engineers to non-technical dialogue with executive stakeholders  
• Establishes and drives a culture founded in creating belonging, psychological safety, candor, connection, cooperation, and fun  
• Understands how to apply Agile, Lean, and principles of fast flow to team efficiency and productivity  
• Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors
• Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested

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