Staff Software Engineer, Investors

About the Role

Carta's Investors business unit is building the system of record for private markets: the ledger, the books, the tax filings, the LP reporting, and the deal pipeline, all in one connected platform. Nearly 7,000 funds and SPVs and $150B in assets already run through it today.

We’re hiring multiple engineers into the Investors business unit as a whole, matching focus areas based on strengths and interests during the interview process. Focus areas include:

• Fund Financials: Ledger, expense allocation, and cash reconciliation.
• Tax and Compliance: K-1s, KYC, and audit trails.
• LP Management and Reporting: Capital calls, distributions, PCAPs, and tearsheets.

The Problems You'll Solve

As a Staff Engineer, you are responsible for the long-term technical health and success of the Investors business unit. You’ll work to:

• Navigate Ambiguity: Tackle the most complex and poorly defined problems at Carta, breaking them down into navigable paths for the rest of the organization.
• Champion Systemic Improvement: Identify and eliminate failure patterns across multiple systems, driving architectural changes that improve scalability and reliability.
• Bridge Technical Gaps: Use your deep understanding of cross-functional domains to align multiple teams on major technical decisions.
• Define the AI Frontier: Lead the charge in transforming how we build by defining context and building rails for safe, effective AI tool adoption.
• Uphold Engineering Standards: Set the vision for operational excellence and mentor senior engineers to raise the collective craft of the organization.

Qualifications

• The Tech Stack: Expert in building distributed systems. While our primary stack is Python/Django, React, and Postgres, you should be comfortable guiding technical direction across JVM languages, gRPC, and cloud-native infrastructure (AWS).
• Leadership: Lead through influence rather than authority, acting as a role model for constructive communication and technical discipline.
• Vision: Anticipate future roadblocks and build systems that support long-term business growth.
• Experience: Recommended 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with a track record of high-level technical leadership.