Senior Software Engineer I

The Company You’ll Join

Carta develops purpose-built software that transforms traditional accounting into a powerful growth engine. Carta’s world-class fund administration platform supports nearly 7,000 funds and SPVs, and represents nearly $130B in assets under management in venture capital and private equity.

Trusted by more than 40,000 companies, Carta also helps private businesses in over 160 countries manage their cap tables, valuations, taxes, equity programs, compensation, and more. Together, Carta is setting a new standard as the end-to-end platform for private markets. Our best-in-class solution for fund management seamlessly integrates investor and portfolio company insights via a suite of tools designed ground-up to support the strategic impact of the fund CFO.

For more information about our offices and culture, check out our Carta careers page.

The Problems You’ll Solve

At Carta, our employees set out on a mission to unlock the power of equity ownership for more people in more places. Here is an incomplete list of how you might contribute:

• Building customer-facing enterprise tools for equity administration
• Creating data pipelines for asynchronously aggregating financial reports
• Reinforcing service resiliency, availability, and fault tolerance
• Streamlining the creation of new features and services within our ecosystem
• Integrating with third-party vendors to provide reliable, accurate, and timely transfers of billions of dollars per year through Carta's platform
• Refactoring existing features into standalone event-driven services
• And others for you to discover and champion

You'll work directly with internal and external stakeholders to ensure we're building the right thing at the right time with the right people. Your contributions will enable Carta's mission to make equity more available and accessible to everyone.

The Team You’ll Work With

You will join our engineering team of passionate learners, builders, experts, and leaders to define and implement Carta's next generation of products, platforms, and infrastructure. You'll collaborate closely with key stakeholders in Product, Business, and Design. Here are some of the teams we’re hiring for:

• Alternative Assets - as we expand beyond Venture Capital, this team builds solutions for products that bridge the gap for clients in Alternative Assets like Private Equity funds, Real Estate, Oil and Gas, etc.
• Cap Table & Reporting - this team owns the Cap Table product which includes cap table experiences, equity reporting, company management and fund raise products.
• Developer Ecosystem - this team builds the API platform and connects Carta’s data across the fintech landscape.

About You

• You have 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
• You have strong technical skills and are an excellent collaborator.
• You implement systems that are clear, maintainable, and correct.
• You are excited by opportunities to both break ground on new projects and provide fresh perspective onto past implementations.
• You want to build and own your work end-to-end.
• You are eager to move fast, but recognize when to build for the future.
• You may be familiar with some elements of the Carta tech stack (Python, Django, Java, Javascript, React, Postgres, GRPC, Kafka)

The Interview Process

First, one of our recruiters will call you to tell you more about the job and company. You'll then meet an Engineering leader who will discuss your opportunities at Carta and explore your experience, skills, and goals. Next, we’ll send you a technical exercise where you’ll implement a software solution to a small engineering problem. Finally, you'll have back-to-back conversations with Carta team members on a wide range of topics.

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing a positive interview experience for every candidate. If accommodations due to a disability or medical condition are needed, please connect with the talent partner via email.