Software engineer jobs in Seattle, WA

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 a Senior Machine Learning Engineer (MLE) on the AI & ML (Insights) team, you will play a critical role in delivering AI-powered features that extract meaningful insights from PitchBook’s wealth of structured and unstructured data including reports, news, and other textual content. This role requires deep technical expertise in advanced data analytics and machine learning, as well as a hands-on approach to designing, building, and optimizing ML solutions that power user-facing features on the PitchBook Platform. You will be deeply involved in the end-to-end development and operationalization of ML models, including their architecture, training, deployment, and ongoing maintenance. Your focus will span across natural language processing (NLP), generative AI (GenAI), large language models (LLMs), and scalable data systems. You will be expected to tackle complex technical challenges, contribute to architectural decisions, and collaborate closely with other engineers, data scientists, and product managers to ensure that your work aligns with business goals and AI/ML strategy. Your contributions will help unlock unique value for PitchBook customers by improving the speed, discoverability, quality, and quantity of insights available on the platform. This includes developing models that can infer meaning and structure from millions of discrete data sources, and applying ML to enrich our datasets with predictive and generative intelligence. As a senior engineer, you will take ownership of key technical components and ensure that our systems meet the highest standards of performance, reliability, and security.

What you'll bring

• 6+ years of experience in software engineering or machine learning engineering, with a strong focus on AI/ML applications in insight generation, summarization, semantic search, and prediction
• Demonstrated expertise in natural language processing (NLP) and machine learning, including hands-on experience with classifiers, transformer models, large language models (LLMs), and widely used ML and data science libraries such as scikit-learn, pandas, numpy, TensorFlow, and PyTorch
• Experience delivering production-grade GenAI or LLM-based systems with measurable business impact
• Deep proficiency in building and maintaining scalable data pipelines and distributed systems using technologies such as Apache Kafka, Airflow, and cloud data platforms like Snowflake
• Practical experience with cloud-native development, containerization, and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex technical problems, contribute to architectural decisions, and deliver high-performance, reliable solutions
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience working cross-functionally with product managers, engineers, and data scientists in globally distributed teams
• Experience working in fast-paced, data-driven environments.
• Prior exposure to fintech or financial data platforms is a strong advantage
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related technical field, advanced degree preferred
• Familiarity with the LangChain ecosystem, including tools such as LangSmith and LangGraph, and experience using them in production environments is a strong plus
• Strong programming skills in Python and SQL, with working knowledge of additional languages such as Java or Scala considered a plus

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