Staff Engineer, Enterprise Systems Architect

The Company Youll Join

Carta connects founders investors and limited partners through world-class software purpose-built for everyone in venture capital private equity and private credit. Trusted by 65000 companies in 160 countries Cartas platform of software and services lays the groundwork so you can build invest and scale with confidence.

Cartas Fund Administration platform supports 9000 funds and SPVs representing nearly $185B in assets under management with tools designed to enhance the strategic impact of fund CFOs. Recognized by Fortune Forbes Fast Company Inc. and Great Places to Work Carta is shaping the future of private market infrastructure.

Together Carta is creating the end-to-end ERP platform for private markets. Traditional ERP solutions dont work for Private Funds. Private capital markets need a comprehensive software solution to replace outdated spreadsheets and fragmented service providers. Cartas software for the Office of the Fund CFO does just that - its a new category of software to make private markets look more like public markets - a connected ERP for private capital.

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

The Problems Youll Solve

At 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.

In this role youll be responsible for the strategy and design of Cartas enterprise technology ensuring it aligns with strategic goals and business requirements. Youll work closely with business and technical stakeholders to define architectural standards and evaluate new technologies while acting as the bridge between high-level business strategy and the technical implementation of IT systems.

Specifically in this role you will:

Strategic Planning & Vision:

• Define the long-term enterprise technology roadmap and vision with a focus on how emerging technologies especially AI can enhance productivity and innovation.
• You will evaluate existing systems identify opportunities for improvement and recommend new technologies that support future business needs.

Architecture Design and Governance:

• Design the structure of IT systems networks hardware and software to ensure they are scalable secure and interoperable. This includes architecting the infrastructure required to support our enterprise AI strategy.
• You will also own establish and enforce a change advisory board and standards and governance policies for system development including the ethical and secure use of AI and other emerging technologies to ensure consistency across the organization.

Stakeholder Collaboration and Communication:

• Work with a wide range of stakeholders from executive leadership to technical teams translating complex technical concepts into business terms for executives and communicating the business vision and requirements to developers and engineers.

The Team Youll Work With

Youll be joining our Security organization directly reporting to our Chief Information Security Officer. You will be part of a security-minded team that believes in progress over perfection and where both security culture and mindset are key. We focus on solving business problems while minimizing and managing risk exposure for Carta.

About You

• Youve been here before: You have extensive experience in a similarly scoped role having owned the design and strategy for an organizations enterprise technology.
• You are ready and excited to step into a high-impact role and solve complex large-scale challenges on day one.
• Architectural Vision: Youve led the design of large-scale complex enterprise systems. You can articulate technical trade-offs define long-term architectural roadmaps and ensure technology choices are directly signed with business objectives.
• Technical Leadership and Enablement: Youre passionate about elevating technical talent around you and have a track record of mentoring establishing best practices and improving the productivity and quality of work across multiple teams.
• Communication: Exceptional communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Strong knowledge and experience with productivity and collaboration platforms (Google workspace Zoom Slack Jira etc) some knowledge of AI systems and tools (Copilot Gemini Glean etc) and previous experience with business operations systems (Salesforce Netsuite Workday etc.) is appreciated but not required.

Salary

Cartas 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 (salary commission if applicable) range for this role is:

• $259200 - $324000 in Santa Clara CA; New York NY
• $246240 - $307800 in Seattle WA

Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography candidate experience and expertise and other factors.

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.
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