Senior Software Engineer I, Valuations

The Company You’ll Join

Carta develops purpose-built software that transforms traditional accounting into a powerful growth engine.

Carta’s world-class fund administration platform supports nearly 7,000 funds and SPVs, and represents nearly $130B in assets under management 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 setting a new standard as the end-to-end platform for private markets. Our best-in-class solution for fund management seamlessly integrates investor and portfolio company insights via a suite of tools designed ground-up to support the strategic impact of the fund CFO.

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

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 a Software Engineer, you will be building and shaping our Valuations products. In particular, you’ll be one of the key contributors in building new features, improving operational efficiency and creating technical leverage while capitalizing on standardized solutions. Working in close collaboration with both business and other engineering teams within Carta, we navigate a unique and challenging product space that intersects with multiple domains including Cap Table Management, Taxes and Investor Products. This will be a unique opportunity to have an impact not just within your product space, but also across teams within Carta.

In this role you will:

• Design and code highly available, secure, and scalable platforms and user experiences
• Adhere to test-driven development (TDD), maintain high levels of code coverage and automation
• Conduct timely and thoughtful peer code review
• Leverage logging and monitoring of platforms to improve observability
• Instrument system performance and business metrics 

The Team You’ll Work With

You will become a part of our Valuations team, a diverse group of learners, builders, experts, and leaders dedicated to transforming asset valuation. Our mission is clear: to value every asset accurately and in real-time. We are at the heart of developing solutions for fast and accurate valuations across a broad spectrum (409A, ASC 820, Warrants, Gifts, etc). We cater to a variety of needs, from facilitating exit events and issuing option grants to providing audit-defensible financial statements.

We support each business unit within Carta. Projects we work on range from new customer user experiences, data platforms and 3rd party integrations. We also build tools for financial analysts to deliver valuations at scale using Carta’s data sets and machine learning platforms. 

If you're excited about crafting a platform versatile enough to tackle the most complex challenges head-on, we're looking for you. Join our team and see how your work directly impacts how the world values assets.

About You

We believe in engineers as artisans and first-principle problem solvers, and we aim to create an environment in which engineers thrive. 

You deeply care about your users and their problems. You are relentless in your pursuit to build delightful user experiences that wow the customer. You are energized by solving deep problems collaboratively.

Additionally,

• You have 4-6 years of full-stack or frontend engineering experience.
• You have a desire to become a product domain expert and refine ambiguous product requirements to deliver customer value. 
• You have experience working with SaaS products with microservices.
• You are passionate about some elements of our tech stack (Python, Django, React.js, Datadog, GRPC / GraphQL, Kafka, K8s, AWS).
• You are excited to work with stakeholders across engineering, product, business and marketing and own an initiative end-to-end.
• You see communication as one of your strengths.
• You are eager to move fast, but recognize when to build for the future.
• You are empathetic and see psychological safety and diversity as core foundations of a thriving team.

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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