Senior Software Engineer II

Carta•Seattle, WA

21h

About The Position

Carta connects founders, investors, and limited partners through world-class software, purpose-built for everyone in venture capital, private equity and private credit. Recognized by Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Great Places to Work, Carta is shaping the future of private market infrastructure. Carta’s software for the Office of the Fund CFO is a new category of software to make private markets look more like public markets - a connected ERP for private capital. 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: Fund Operations: Building the core engine that powers our vision of an operating system for private capital, simplifying complex accounting workflows. Investor Reporting: Developing features that enable investment firms and audit partners to share accurate, timely performance data. Risk & Compliance: Scaling the infrastructure that ensures security and transparency across billions of dollars in assets.

Requirements

Experience with Python, Django, React, Postgres, and Kafka.
Experience with Java, gRPC, and AWS is a plus.
Can break down complex user stories into actionable tasks and execute them with minimal guidance.
Understand the "why" behind your code and can articulate technical trade-offs to stakeholders.
8+ years of professional software engineering experience.

Nice To Haves

Desire to learn our core technologies: Python, Django, React, Postgres, and Kafka.
Desire to learn Java, gRPC, and AWS.

Responsibilities

Lead the execution of complex technical projects, driving them from concept to production while maintaining high standards for performance and reliability.
Dig deep into our architecture to identify opportunities to simplify code and infrastructure, prioritizing changes that have a measurable business impact.
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.
Act as a mentor and coach, raising the technical bar for your peers through diligent PR reviews and architectural guidance.
Partner with product and design to ensure we are building the right solution for the user, not just following a specification.