Senior Software Engineer II Design Systems

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 Private capital markets need a comprehensive software solution to replace outdated spreadsheets and fragmented service providers.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 is Cartas Design System the underlying foundation for how all of Carta looks and feels. Our focus is to make Financial Technology safe intuitive performant and fun (yes we said that).

As a Senior Design Systems Engineer youll work to:

• Architect and evolve the Ink component library: You will build and maintain robust production-ready React components that blend rigorous design system standards intuitive developer ergonomics and extensible API design.
• Redefine the Design System for the Agentic Age: You will lead the R&D on how our design system evolves to support AI-driven interfaces. You will update our definition of a design system to accommodate generative workflows ensuring Ink is optimized for both human developers and AI agents.
• Bridge the gap between design and code: You will act as a technical translator taking concepts from Figma and turning them into performant UI code ensuring that the polish of the design is never lost in translation.
• Elevate frontend quality and developer velocity: You will drive cross-functional projects to improve animation fluidity CSS architecture and system modularity helping product teams solve 80% of their UI problems instantly so they can focus on the unique 20%.
• Coach and advocate for system adoption: You will mentor engineers and designers across the organization conducting code reviews and design reviews to ensure best practices are met while gathering feedback to iteratively improve the systems flexibility and ease of use.

The Team Youll Work With

Youll be joining our Design System team Ink.Ink is where visual design user experience best practices and modern React architecture fuse together to create a beautiful set of tools that allow teams to create great products fast. Our ultimate purpose is to enable great design at scale. We are a team that sits at the intersection of design and engineering; we build the foundational components tooling and documentation that empower hundreds of Carta engineers and designers to ship consistent high-quality and accessible interfaces.

About You

We are seeking an opinionated but humble builder who cares deeply about the craft of software and the details of design. You have likely built or maintained a component library before and understand the unique challenges of serving other developers as your primary customers.

• 5 years of relevant experience recommended: Specifically in frontend engineering with a strong focus on design systems AI-assisted development or UI infrastructure.
• AI-Forward Innovator: You are actively pushing the limits of what design systems can do with AI. You are eager to explore how component APIs tokens and documentation can be optimized to support AI development patterns and the future of agentic UI.
• Systematic Thinker: You have a track record of replacing custom one-off UI with modular reusable solutions and you can articulate the trade-offs of API design decisions to both engineers and designers.
• React & CSS Expert: You possess deep expert-level knowledge of React (modern patterns hooks context) CSS (architecture scalability) and animation technologies such as CSS Animations Framer and D3. You write code that is not just functional but a joy for other developers to use.
• Design Fluent: You are comfortable working and collaborating inside Figma. You understand the nuances of interaction design and can prototype complex UI behaviors to validate concepts before they reach production.
• Champion of Quality: You have a polish-oriented mindset. You sweat the details on accessibility performance and visual fidelity ensuring that our system sets a high bar for the rest of the company.

Disclosures:

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