Senior Software Engineer II, Alternative Assets - Carta
San Francisco, CA
About the Job
The Company You’ll JoinCarta 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 SolveAt Carta, our employees set out on a mission to unlock the power of equity ownership for more people in more places
We believe that the problems we solve today unlock the opportunities of tomorrow.As we expand beyond Venture Capital, as a Senior Software Engineer we’ll need you to help define requirements and build solutions for products that bridge the gap for clients in Alternative Assets like Private Equity funds, Real Estate, Oil and Gas, etc. The Team You'll Work WithThe team you will join has discovered an immense opportunity in Private Equity
Powered by our core cap table product, we provide real-time, intelligent insights into their investments and waterfall distribution
We are expanding quickly to fulfill the demands of this market and we need your help! Here are some problems we solve:Our marquee product waterfall modeling is powered by a proprietary framework
This framework allows us to provide an unprecedented level of white glove financial modeling to our customers
How do we continuously improve the customer experience and scalability of this product? Private Equity firms, their investors, the lawyers, and their portfolio companies have many user personas and access controls
How do we offer great experiences to each of these users? We are a startup within a startup As we mature as an organization, how do we scale our engineering organization to deliver better developer experience, scalability, and reliability? As an engineer on this team, you will play a key role in features for the foundational product
This is a collaborative effort across teams and disciplines
The choices we make will define our future product infrastructure
The cross-functional team is talking to top Private Equity firms and large enterprise customers to gather requirements for our roadmap
In this role you will:Architect, design and code highly available, secure, and scalable financial platformsAdhere to test-driven development (TDD), maintain high levels of code coverage and automationConduct timely and thoughtful peer code reviewLeverage logging and monitoring of platforms to improve observabilityInstrument system performance and business metrics Mentor and grow junior developers About YouWe believe in engineers as artisans and first-principle problem solvers, and we aim to create an environment in which engineers thrive
You deeply care about your users and their problems
You are relentless in your pursuit to build delightful user experiences that wow the customer
You are energized by solving deep problems collaboratively.Additionally,You have 6+ years of full-stack or backend engineering experienceYou have a desire to become a product domain expert and refine ambiguous product requirements to deliver customer value. You have experience working with complex SaaS products with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and microservices.You are passionate about some elements of our tech stack (ReactJS, Java, Python, Datadog, REST / GRPC, Kafka, K8s, AWS)You are excited to work with stakeholders across engineering, product, business and marketing and own an initiative end-to-end.You see communication as one of your strengths.You are eager to move fast, but recognize when to build for the future.You are empathetic and see psychological safety and diversity as core foundations of a thriving team.The Interview ProcessCarta follows a standard tech startup interview process, where you will meet with a recruiter and hiring manager first
We’ll then ask you to show off your skills with a real-world take home exercise (we do not do LeetCode-style interviews, no one will quiz you on writing a doubly-linked list) and virtual interviews
During the process, you can ask questions to people across different parts of the team to learn what kind of work we do and how it lines up with your interests. SalaryCarta’s compensation package includes a market competitive salary, equity for all full time roles, exceptional benefits, and, for applicable roles, commissions plans
Our minimum cash compensation range for this role is: $212,000 - $250,000 in [San Francisco, CA] Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, and other factors.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. Interested in data privacy? Check out our policies on Privacy and CA Candidate Privacy
Please note that all official communications from us will come from an @carta.com domain.
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 SolveAt Carta, our employees set out on a mission to unlock the power of equity ownership for more people in more places
We believe that the problems we solve today unlock the opportunities of tomorrow.As we expand beyond Venture Capital, as a Senior Software Engineer we’ll need you to help define requirements and build solutions for products that bridge the gap for clients in Alternative Assets like Private Equity funds, Real Estate, Oil and Gas, etc. The Team You'll Work WithThe team you will join has discovered an immense opportunity in Private Equity
Powered by our core cap table product, we provide real-time, intelligent insights into their investments and waterfall distribution
We are expanding quickly to fulfill the demands of this market and we need your help! Here are some problems we solve:Our marquee product waterfall modeling is powered by a proprietary framework
This framework allows us to provide an unprecedented level of white glove financial modeling to our customers
How do we continuously improve the customer experience and scalability of this product? Private Equity firms, their investors, the lawyers, and their portfolio companies have many user personas and access controls
How do we offer great experiences to each of these users? We are a startup within a startup As we mature as an organization, how do we scale our engineering organization to deliver better developer experience, scalability, and reliability? As an engineer on this team, you will play a key role in features for the foundational product
This is a collaborative effort across teams and disciplines
The choices we make will define our future product infrastructure
The cross-functional team is talking to top Private Equity firms and large enterprise customers to gather requirements for our roadmap
In this role you will:Architect, design and code highly available, secure, and scalable financial platformsAdhere to test-driven development (TDD), maintain high levels of code coverage and automationConduct timely and thoughtful peer code reviewLeverage logging and monitoring of platforms to improve observabilityInstrument system performance and business metrics Mentor and grow junior developers About YouWe believe in engineers as artisans and first-principle problem solvers, and we aim to create an environment in which engineers thrive
You deeply care about your users and their problems
You are relentless in your pursuit to build delightful user experiences that wow the customer
You are energized by solving deep problems collaboratively.Additionally,You have 6+ years of full-stack or backend engineering experienceYou have a desire to become a product domain expert and refine ambiguous product requirements to deliver customer value. You have experience working with complex SaaS products with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and microservices.You are passionate about some elements of our tech stack (ReactJS, Java, Python, Datadog, REST / GRPC, Kafka, K8s, AWS)You are excited to work with stakeholders across engineering, product, business and marketing and own an initiative end-to-end.You see communication as one of your strengths.You are eager to move fast, but recognize when to build for the future.You are empathetic and see psychological safety and diversity as core foundations of a thriving team.The Interview ProcessCarta follows a standard tech startup interview process, where you will meet with a recruiter and hiring manager first
We’ll then ask you to show off your skills with a real-world take home exercise (we do not do LeetCode-style interviews, no one will quiz you on writing a doubly-linked list) and virtual interviews
During the process, you can ask questions to people across different parts of the team to learn what kind of work we do and how it lines up with your interests. SalaryCarta’s compensation package includes a market competitive salary, equity for all full time roles, exceptional benefits, and, for applicable roles, commissions plans
Our minimum cash compensation range for this role is: $212,000 - $250,000 in [San Francisco, CA] Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, and other factors.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. Interested in data privacy? Check out our policies on Privacy and CA Candidate Privacy
Please note that all official communications from us will come from an @carta.com domain.
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