Senior Software Engineer I, Private Equity

The Company You’ll Join

Carta connects founders, investors, and limited partners through world-class software, purpose-built for everyone in venture capital, private equity and private credit. 

Carta’s fund administration platform supports nearly 7,000 funds and SPVs, representing  $150B in assets under administration in venture capital and private equity. Trusted by more than 40,000 companies, Carta also helps private businesses in over 160 countries manage their cap tables, valuations, taxes, equity programs, compensation, and more.

Together, Carta is creating the end-to-end ERP platform for private markets. Traditional ERP solutions don’t work for Private Funds. Private capital markets need a comprehensive software solution to replace outdated spreadsheets and fragmented service providers. Carta’s software for the Office of the Fund CFO does just that - it’s a new category of software to make private markets look more like public markets - a connected ERP for private capital. 

The Problems You'll 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.

As we continue expanding beyond Venture Capital into Private Equity markets, we’re building solutions to address the unique challenges of clients managing companies and funds structured as LLCs. These entities vary widely in contractual structures and represent diverse asset classes, requiring a flexible and scalable data model that supports distinct product experiences. Additionally, Private Equity firms, their investors, legal partners, and portfolio companies interact with our platform through different user personas and permissions, making robust access control and tailored experiences essential.

As a Senior Engineer on this team, you’ll play a critical role in shaping the next generation of ownership management products. You’ll work closely with product, design, and go-to-market teams—as well as directly with top-tier Private Equity firms and enterprise-scale clients—to deeply understand their needs and deliver high-quality technical solutions.

In this role, you will:

• Architect, design, and build highly available, secure, and scalable financial platforms

• Collaborate cross-functionally to align requirements and translate them into user-driven features

• Model the complexity of LLC structures and asset classes into flexible and extensible system designs

• Follow test-driven development (TDD) practices to ensure high quality and reliability

• Provide technical leadership through thoughtful code reviews and design discussions

The Team You'll Work With

You’ll be joining our Private Equity Portfolio Companies team. We launched the Carta LLC product in 2020 and, after discovering a repeatable go-to-market motion, have been on a journey to scale it across the entire portfolio of Private Equity companies. We’re also expanding to support a wide range of ownership management workflows.

The scope and impact of each individual on the team are immense. We are biased toward action and believe in the mantra: build → measure → learn. As part of our team, you'll work closely with product managers and designers to understand the motivation (why) behind a customer need, define the scope of work (what), and collaborate with your engineering peers to build solutions (how) that deliver meaningful customer value.

About You

You deeply care about your user and are relentless in your pursuit to build delightful user experiences that wow the customer! You are energized by solving deep problems collaboratively who can easily transition between a Solver and Tech Lead archetype. Additionally,

• You have 5+ years of full-stack or backend engineering experience

• You are passionate about some elements of our tech stack (ReactJS, Java, Datadog, REST / GRPC, Kafka, K8s, AWS)

• You are excited to work with stakeholders across engineering, product, business and marketing

• You have a desire to become a product domain expert and refine ambiguous product requirements to deliver customer value

• You see communication as one of your strengths

• You want to build and own your work end-to-end

• You are eager to move fast, but recognize when to build for the future

Salary

Carta’s 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:

• $175,950 - $207,000 in [San Francisco, CA; Santa Clara, CA]

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