Staff Software Engineer, Middle Office

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 55000 companies and 1.8M equity holders in 160 countries and 10000 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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As a Staff Engineer at Carta you are a technical anchor for our business. You dont just own features you take long-term accountability for the technical health and strategic direction of different domains.

Middle Office is where Cartas two client bases meet. Our cap table products serve companies; our fund administration products serve funds. Middle Office serves the investment firm sitting between them and owns what happens after the check clears: collecting data from portfolio companies valuing the holdings modeling the funds outcome and reporting the result to LPs.

Youll work across a connected suite of products for PE and VC firms fund administrators and institutional investors with a primary focus today on private equity AI-powered ingestion of portfolio company financials and KPIs portfolio valuation and allocation models waterfall and fund forecasting across complex multi-entity structures and a unified view of a firms holdings including companies that dont use Carta for equity management. Sitting in the middle of Cartas ERP most of what we build ships in partnership with other teams.

As a Staff Engineer within the Middle Office pillar you are responsible for the long-term technical health and success of the business unit. Youll 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 the context and building the rails that allow every person at Carta to leverage AI tools safely and effectively. Youll help move the organization toward a future where AI amplifies our collective engineering impact.
• Uphold Engineering Standards: Set the vision for operational excellence and mentor senior engineers to raise the collective craft of the organization.

• The Tech Stack: You are an 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: You lead through influence rather than authority acting as a role model for constructive communication and technical discipline.
• Vision: You dont just solve the problem in front of you; you anticipate future roadblocks and build systems that support long-term business growth.
• Experience: We recommend 10 years of professional software engineering experience with a track record of high-level technical leadership.

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:

• $240000 - $300000 in San Francisco CA

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

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