Senior Full Stack Engineer Jobs in Washington
Senior Full Stack Engineer jobs in Washington are among the most active in the country, concentrated in cloud infrastructure, enterprise software, and consumer technology across the greater Seattle area, Bellevue, and Redmond. Major employers with a lasting footprint in the state include Microsoft, Amazon, and Salesforce, all of which maintain large engineering organizations that hire senior full stack engineers at scale. Demand is especially strong for engineers with deep experience in distributed systems, React or Angular front ends paired with Node.js or Python back ends, and cloud-native AWS or Azure architectures. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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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's Lead Software Development Engineer (Full Stack) is responsible for leading a team to make the suite of products we offer the very best by building systems that are a combination of cutting-edge frameworks, tools, languages, cloud technologies, and people. This role drives projects from design to implementation to maintenance with an eye for scalability, reducing technical debt, and accomplishing company goals.
Primary Job Responsibilities:
- Manage, mentor, and lead a small team of software engineers
- Evangelizes better technical practices, and continually raises the bar for technical excellence across the company
- Write production-grade backend code daily — services, pipelines, APIs — from prototype to ship
- Lead system design for new platform capabilities: ingestion pipelines, entity resolution, enrichment workflows, search indexing strategies
- Own the technical quality of the team's output: code review, architecture decisions, performance, reliability, observability
- Assess tradeoffs quickly and pivot when needed — whether that's a proof-of-concept in a day or a multi-week pipeline refactor
- Collaborate directly with the EM, product, and partner teams on requirements and technical direction
- Mentor engineers on the team through code, design discussions, and direct pairing
- Identify and drive down technical debt that meaningfully limits velocity or reliability
- Own services and applications and related infrastructure, and ultimately responsible for the services' quality, stability, reliability, and performance in production
- Own estimations of Features and Releases in the Team and can explain them to peer functions and stakeholders
- Responsible for optimal engineering resources allocation and work distribution within the Team to meet the sprint and release goals
- Ensure that Releases & Features meet PB Engineering (Architecture, Quality, Reliability, etc.) standards and guidelines
- Use cloud technology to create robust and scalable software systems
- Helping establish best practices around software development, microservices, and devops
- Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors
- Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested
Skills and Qualifications:
Basic Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a similar field
- 7+ years of backend software engineering, predominantly in Java on production systems at scale
- 5 years experience with distributed data pipelines and streaming systems — Kafka or equivalent
- 4 years hands-on experience with Elasticsearch or comparable search/indexing platforms
- 5 years Solid PostgreSQL or relational DB expertise at meaningful data volumes
- 5 years Cloud 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 future
- Must be able to work onsite in Seattle 5 days/week
Preferred Skills
- Track record of technical leadership in a small, high-ownership team — without needing a large org around you to get things done
- Experience with large-scale data ingestion, transformation, or enrichment systems — entity resolution, deduplication, or data quality pipelines are a strong plus
- Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) in production
- Strong system design instincts: distributed systems, data modeling, API design, fault tolerance
- Experienced 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 Agile
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: $190,000-230,000
- Target 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.
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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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's Lead Software Development Engineer (Full Stack) is responsible for leading a team to make the suite of products we offer the very best by building systems that are a combination of cutting-edge frameworks, tools, languages, cloud technologies, and people. This role drives projects from design to implementation to maintenance with an eye for scalability, reducing technical debt, and accomplishing company goals.
Primary Job Responsibilities:
- Manage, mentor, and lead a small team of software engineers
- Evangelizes better technical practices, and continually raises the bar for technical excellence across the company
- Write production-grade backend code daily — services, pipelines, APIs — from prototype to ship
- Lead system design for new platform capabilities: ingestion pipelines, entity resolution, enrichment workflows, search indexing strategies
- Own the technical quality of the team's output: code review, architecture decisions, performance, reliability, observability
- Assess tradeoffs quickly and pivot when needed — whether that's a proof-of-concept in a day or a multi-week pipeline refactor
- Collaborate directly with the EM, product, and partner teams on requirements and technical direction
- Mentor engineers on the team through code, design discussions, and direct pairing
- Identify and drive down technical debt that meaningfully limits velocity or reliability
- Own services and applications and related infrastructure, and ultimately responsible for the services' quality, stability, reliability, and performance in production
- Own estimations of Features and Releases in the Team and can explain them to peer functions and stakeholders
- Responsible for optimal engineering resources allocation and work distribution within the Team to meet the sprint and release goals
- Ensure that Releases & Features meet PB Engineering (Architecture, Quality, Reliability, etc.) standards and guidelines
- Use cloud technology to create robust and scalable software systems
- Helping establish best practices around software development, microservices, and devops
- Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors
- Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested
Skills and Qualifications:
Basic Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a similar field
- 7+ years of backend software engineering, predominantly in Java on production systems at scale
- 5 years experience with distributed data pipelines and streaming systems — Kafka or equivalent
- 4 years hands-on experience with Elasticsearch or comparable search/indexing platforms
- 5 years Solid PostgreSQL or relational DB expertise at meaningful data volumes
- 5 years Cloud 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 future
- Must be able to work onsite in Seattle 5 days/week
Preferred Skills
- Track record of technical leadership in a small, high-ownership team — without needing a large org around you to get things done
- Experience with large-scale data ingestion, transformation, or enrichment systems — entity resolution, deduplication, or data quality pipelines are a strong plus
- Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) in production
- Strong system design instincts: distributed systems, data modeling, API design, fault tolerance
- Experienced 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 Agile
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: $190,000-230,000
- Target 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.
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.
#LI-DT1
#LI-Onsite
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Senior Full Stack Engineer Job Market in Washington
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Who's Hiring
- Rippling13
- Microsoft5
- UST3
- Akraya3
- Plaid2
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- Technology & Software14
- Fintech1
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- Investment & Asset Management1
What Washington Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in senior full stack engineer jobs across Washington.
- 5 or more years of professional full stack development experience with modern frameworks
- Proficiency in front-end technologies such as React, Angular, or Vue paired with a back-end language
- Hands-on experience designing and deploying applications on AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Demonstrated ability to architect scalable, distributed systems for high-traffic production environments
- Experience working in agile engineering teams with CI/CD pipelines and DevOps practices
- Strong communication skills for cross-functional collaboration with product and design teams
Senior Full Stack Engineer Jobs in Washington: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a senior full stack engineer in Washington?
Washington does not require a state-issued license or registration to work as a senior full stack engineer. The typical path combines a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field with several years of progressively complex full stack development experience. Washington employers, particularly those in the Seattle and Bellevue tech corridors, place significant weight on a portfolio of shipped products, open-source contributions, and demonstrated proficiency with the cloud platforms and frameworks they use in production.
How much do senior full stack engineers make in Washington?
Senior full stack engineers in Washington earn a median of about $166,540 a year, based on May 2025 Bureau of Labor Statistics wage data, ranging from around $96,810 for the lowest 10% to over $255,350 for the top 10%. Pay rises with experience, specialty, and employer.
Which companies hire senior full stack engineers in Washington?
Employers hiring senior full stack engineers in Washington right now include Rippling, Microsoft, and UST, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Washington's concentration of technology headquarters and cloud-computing operations means engineering roles at these companies often involve work on global-scale systems rather than regional or internal tools.
Which Washington cities have the most senior full stack engineer jobs?
Seattle, Bellevue, and Redmond have the most senior full stack engineer openings in Washington. Seattle drives the largest share of postings because it is home to major technology headquarters and a dense startup ecosystem, while Bellevue and Redmond draw significant volume from Microsoft's main campus and the expanding ring of enterprise software and cloud companies that have established offices in the Eastside corridor.
Are there remote senior full stack engineer jobs in Washington?
Yes, and more than most fields. Senior full stack engineering is well suited to remote work because the role is code-and-collaboration-based with no requirement for physical presence. About 55% of senior full stack engineer openings tied to Washington are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting employer flexibility that has remained strong since the broader shift in tech hiring. Front-end and API development work tends to be the most fully remote, while roles involving on-site infrastructure or embedded hardware integration are more likely to require in-person attendance.
How can I get hired as a senior full stack engineer in Washington with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry point is an associate or junior software engineer role at one of Washington's mid-size technology companies or at a larger employer running a structured new-grad program, such as the university-hire cohorts that Microsoft and Amazon run annually out of Seattle and Redmond. Candidates moving from adjacent roles like QA automation engineer, front-end developer, or data engineer can transition by building full stack projects that demonstrate end-to-end ownership. A strong GitHub portfolio, contributions to open-source projects with Washington-based maintainers, or completion of a credentialed cloud certification on AWS or Azure gives candidates a concrete edge in a competitive applicant pool.
Where can I find and apply to senior full stack engineer jobs in Washington?
You can find and apply to senior full stack engineer jobs in Washington on Migrate Mate, which lists current Washington openings updated in real time. Search the available roles, find the ones that match your experience and preferred location or remote arrangement, and apply directly to each position without needing to create a profile or sign up.
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