Senior Software Engineer, Fund Administration

The Company You'll Join

Carta is a platform that helps people manage equity, build businesses, and invest in the companies of tomorrow. Our mission is to unlock the power of equity ownership for more people in more places.

Carta is trusted by more than 40,000 companies and over two million people in nearly 160 countries to manage cap tables, compensation, and valuations.

Carta also supports nearly 7,000 funds and SPVs, and represents nearly $130B in assets under administration. Carta's tender offer solutions have returned $14B to shareholders in secondary transactions.

Today, Carta's platform manages nearly three trillion dollars in equity globally.

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

The Team You'll Work With

You will join our R&D team of learners, builders, experts, and leaders in our Fund Administration group. Our group is building the next generation of software for the venture capital industry.

We build software to help new funds launch, investors to track analytics and performance, for fund accountants operating the books and financial records for investment funds ranging from $100k through billions under management, and more.

We work on a mix of greenfield opportunities and work informed by metrics.

Carta Fund Administration is redefining venture capital operations. Since 2018, our business has grown faster than any other provider in the space.

We work with some of the largest venture capital firms in the world, building software to automate managing their investments.

As we head deeper into 2023, our goal is to forge the future of how this industry operates and our hammer is engineering.

We are building a distributed system that needs to be configurable enough for the most complex of customers. Its responsibilities are wide : money movement, an event-based general accounting ledger, calculating profit waterfalls, rule-based engines for reconciliations and allocations, workflow orchestrations, investment performance tracking, incorporation tooling... just to name a few.

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Who we are

We care deeply about our customers : investors, fund managers, CFOs, fund administrators, tax / audit professionals, and others.

We are relentless in our pursuit to create leverage for them. We do so by deeply understanding the domain and the jobs to be done.

We run towards hard and messy problems. We serve the business, first and foremost, and invest in ourselves and each other in service of that effort.

We are owners and that is the only title that matters.

We take our work seriously, but not too seriously. We take equal pride in solving complex business problems like automating allocation calculations, as we do contributing to our Slack emoji portfolio.

Stand-ups might include discussions on implementation details for a new Kafka event or our favorite microwavable snacks.

About You

We are looking for candidates with years of professional software development experience, specifically with Python. Additionally,

• You have strong technical skills and are an excellent collaborator.
• You like solving for ambiguity : we'll look to you for ideas on how to solve problems.
• You implement systems large or small that are clear, maintainable, and correct.
• You are excited by opportunities to both break ground on new projects and provide fresh perspective onto past implementations.
• You want to build and own your work end-to-end, from the first line of code through initial cohort releases all the way to a full roll out.
• You are eager to move fast, but recognize when to build for the future.
• You may be passionate about some elements of the Carta tech stack (Python, Django, Javascript, React and Typescript, Postgres, gRPC, Kafka);

we do not require experience in all parts of our stack, but do find it to be helpful.

We also look for candidates who are interested in, experienced with, or curious about...

• Accounting or investment management
• Customer relationship management
• Document data extraction
• Tax reporting, financial reporting, and financial auditing
• Banking and money movement
• International accounting

The Interview Process

Carta follows a standard tech startup interview process, where you will meet with a recruiter and hiring manager first. We'll then ask you to show off your skills with a real-world take home exercise (we do not do LeetCode-style interviews, no one will quiz you on writing a doubly-linked list) and virtual interviews.

During the process, you can ask questions to people across different parts of the Fund Administration team to learn what kind of work we do and how it lines up with your interests.

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 expected cash compensation (salary + commission if applicable) range for this role is :

• $175,950 - $207,000 in San Francisco, CA; Santa Clara, CA; or New York City, NY
• $167,153 - $196,650 in Seattle, WA

We are hiring for multiple levels and locations, so final offers may vary from the amounts listed based on geography, experience and expertise, and other factors.

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 recruiter via email.

As a company, we value fairness, helpfulness, transparency, leadership and build our teams around these values. Check out our careers page to get to know us better as you think about your next step at Carta.

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Awards and Acknowledgements

Companies and funds like Tribe and Pipe build their businesses on Carta. The company has been included on the Forbes World's Best Cloud Companies, Fast Company's Most Innovative list, and Inc.

s Fastest-Growing Private Companies. We've also been recognized as a 2023 Built In Best Place to Work in the U.S., a Muse VIBE Award winner in the Vacation and Time Off category and certified as a Great Place to Work.

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