Morningstar - Senior Software Development Engineer - Java / Python

Role : Sr. Software Development Engineer (Back-End), Finance Platform Automation

At PitchBook, our Product & Engineering team is made up of big thinkers, innovators, and problem-solvers who aim to make a meaningful impact on our customers and company every day. We value curiosity, customer empathy, and the drive to find better ways of doing things. Our work blends creativity with technical expertise to deliver world-class customer experiences through product innovation.?

As a Senior Software Development Engineer in our Engineering Revenue Platform division, you will design, develop, simplify, and optimize back-end software solutions that powers the quality, scalability, and performance of our Finance technology stack. Youll ensure seamless platform integrations and reliable business workflows across our global systems.

In this role, youll partner with stakeholders to understand requirements, architect solutions, and implement services and APIs that drive efficiency, accuracy, and speed of delivery. You will leverage your expertise in modern system design, development patterns and practices, data modeling, and integration patterns to build solutions that integrate seamlessly into our continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI / CD) pipelines.

You will play a key role in building end-to-end solutions across quote-to-cash, billing, revenue modeling, pricing, commissions, deal execution, and payment collection integrating with external systems like Oracle, Informatica, Salesforce, Sidetrade, and Stripe. With a focus on future-ready solutions, you will also contribute to AI-powered initiatives and guide the team in building intelligent, data-driven platform capabilities.

Youll mentor engineers, provide technical leadership, and help shape the architecture and development strategy for our revenue platforms in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You will simplify and modernize systems, processes, and tools to ensure our applications are robust, maintainable, and aligned with the companys strategic goals.?

You are adept at translating the needs of customers, internal finance, sales, and account management teams into clear, implementable solutions. You bring strong change management skills and foster transparent communication across stakeholders, ensuring delivery excellence remains a shared responsibility throughout the software development lifecycle.?

Primary Job Responsibilities :

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services, APIs, and CI / CD pipelines for revenue platforms with a focus on scalability, maintainability, and performance
• Build robust integration points and validation mechanisms to ensure functional accuracy and adherence to best practices across systems
• Architect and optimize solutions that integrate with Salesforce, Snowflake, Workato, and other core systems across Finance, Sales and Customer Success workflows
• Lead initiatives to enhance system performance, code quality, delivery speed, scalability, and reliability through efficient code design / development, performance tuning, and AI tools
• Lead engineering practices and mentor the team, driving technical excellence and high-quality design and development
• Partner with Product, EMs, and Finance teams to translate complex business needs into scalable software and AI solutions, aligning engineering priorities with business goals
• Own end-to-end service health, implementing monitoring, logging, and alerting to meet performance, reliability, and security benchmarks
• Proactively identify and resolve defects, bottlenecks, and technical debt to maintain delivery velocity and quality
• Evaluate and adopt emerging technologies like GenAI, tools, frameworks, and patterns to keep the revenue technology stack modern and competitive
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement, encouraging experimentation and data-driven decision-making in solution design

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