Machine Learning Engineer

At Pitch Book, 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, Pitch Book is the place for you.

As a member of the Product and Engineering team at Pitch Book, 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!

• Deliver high-impact AI and ML capabilities that drive insight generation on the Pitch Book Platform. Ensure your work contributes to broader business goals and is aligned with the team's strategic priorities
• Provide hands-on expertise in designing, building, and deploying AI/ML models and services with a focus on NLP, summarization, semantic search, classification, and prediction. Contribute to the development of scalable, high-performance systems that meet production-grade reliability and efficiency standards
• Contribute to a culture of technical excellence by sharing knowledge, pairing with teammates, and actively participating in code and design reviews. Provide situational guidance to junior engineers and contribute to team best practices
• Build and optimize models that leverage classifiers, transformers, LLMs, and other NLP techniques to generate meaningful insights from structured and unstructured data. Integrate these models into the broader AI/ML infrastructure in collaboration with partner teams
• Collaborate with engineering, product management, and data collection teams to ensure models are informed by high-quality data and support strategic product goals
• Explore and experiment with emerging technologies, methodologies, and tools in the fields of GenAI, NLP, and search. Translate research findings into practical solutions that enhance Pitch Book’s AI capabilities
• Contribute to best practices in model transparency, monitoring, evaluation, and compliance. Help maintain high standards of security, data integrity, and responsible AI use across your projects
• Participate in the technical evaluation of candidates and help onboard new team members by contributing to documentation, pairing, and knowledge-sharing practices
• Apply principles from Agile, Lean, and Fast-Flow methodologies to support efficient model development and deployment cycles
• Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors
• Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Data Science, or related technical field, advanced degrees are preferred
• 2+ 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…