Carta is the connected platform and AI-native ecosystem for private capital. Built to replace fragmented tools with a single system of record, Carta brings together the software, services, and legal infrastructure that founders use to manage equity, fund managers use to run administration and reporting, and legal teams use to close transactions. Trusted by 55,000 companies and 1.8M+ equity holders in 160+ countries, and 10,000 funds and SPVs representing $250B+ in assets under management, Carta is transforming how private capital operates. Recognized by Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Great Places to Work.
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You’ll enter our engineering interview process as part of a pooled hiring model. We’re excited to meet people who are energized by complex, ambiguous problems. We look for owners and problem-solvers who are eager to dive into the details of their craft, and are motivated by building products and experiences that meaningfully expand access to ownership.
As you move through our process, we’ll transition from the general pool to a team-matching phase, ensuring that by the final interview, you are aligned with a specific team that matches your strengths and career goals.
High impact domains you might join include:
- Carta Law: Building the foundational legal and compliance infrastructure for private capital. You'll help scale Carta Law as the enterprise system of record for General Counsels, CCOs, and Heads of Legal. As part of a lean, London-based team, you'll shape how legal, operations, and finance teams work together.
The Problems You’ll Solve
As a Senior Software Engineer II, you will lead technically complex projects and serve as a multiplier for your team. You’ll work to:
- Drive Implementation: Lead the execution of complex technical projects, driving them from concept to production while maintaining high standards for performance and reliability.
- Simplify Systems: Dig deep into our architecture to identify opportunities to simplify code and infrastructure, prioritizing changes that have a measurable business impact.
- Leverage Modern Tooling: Use the best AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate your workflow, improve code quality, and spend more of your time solving the high-level logic and unconventional problems
- Foster Growth: Act as a mentor and coach, raising the technical bar for your peers through diligent PR reviews and architectural guidance.
- Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Partner with product and design to ensure we are building the right solution for the user, not just following a specification.
- The Tech Stack: You have experience with (or a desire to learn) our core technologies: Python, Django, React, Postgres, and Kafka. We also utilize Java, gRPC, and AWS.
- Execution: You can break down complex user stories into actionable tasks and execute them with minimal guidance.
- Strategic Mindset: You understand the "why" behind your code and can articulate technical trade-offs to stakeholders.
- Experience: We recommend 8+ years of professional software engineering experience for this level.
Disclosures:
- 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.
- Carta uses E-Verify in the United States for employment authorization. See the E-Verify and Department of Justice websites for more details.
- For information on our data privacy policies, see Privacy, CA Candidate Privacy, and Brazil Transparency Report.
- Please note that all official communications from us will come from an @carta.com or @carta-external.com domain. Report any contact from unapproved domains to [email protected].
Skills Required
- Lead technically complex projects from concept to production
- Mentor and coach teammates, raise technical bar via PR reviews and architectural guidance
- Experience with Python, Django, React, Postgres, and Kafka (Java, gRPC, AWS used by team)
- Ability to break down complex user stories into actionable tasks and execute with minimal guidance
- Communicate technical trade-offs and strategic rationale to stakeholders
- Familiarity or willingness to use AI-assisted engineering tools to improve workflow and code quality
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product and design to ensure user-focused solutions
- Recommended 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
Carta Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Carta and has not been reviewed or approved by Carta.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Compensation is portrayed as market-competitive in many roles, with particularly strong positioning in engineering and product packages. Pay is also framed as comparatively strong versus other aspects of the overall employee experience.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is positioned as notably generous, with extended paid leave for birthing parents and paid bonding leave for all parents. Family-building support is also emphasized through fertility treatment and egg-freezing coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is structured with a required minimum amount of paid leave and then additional flexibility through an unlimited PTO and sick-time approach. This design is intended to ensure time off is actually taken while preserving flexibility beyond the minimum.
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What We Do
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. Carta has been included on the Fortune Best Large Workplaces in Financial Services and Insurance list, Forbes’ list of the World's Best Cloud Companies, Fast Company's Most Innovative list, and Inc.'s Fastest-Growing Private Companies list. For more information, visit carta.com.
Why Work With Us
Carta is a place where everyone can be the best version of themselves. We're a team of unconventional builders who's focus is to create infrastructure for innovators. Join our team and help us to create more owners.
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