Tech Lead Manager, Finance Automation
Carta (View all Jobs)
Waterloo, Canada; San Francisco, CA
Interview Process
1. Chat with recruiter 2. Chat with one of our engineering leaders 3. Take home assignment that is not timed ( thinking about code production quality in arriving to a solution) 4. Virtual onsite (5 sessions: take home follow up discussion, architecture and design white boarding, chat with a product manager, chat about teamwork, and another meeting with hiring manager ~ about 4 hours) 5. Team matching (non-evaluative)
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 30,000 companies and over half a million employees in nearly 150 countries to manage cap tables, compensation, and valuations. Carta also supports over 5,000 funds representing over $100B in assets under administration with their venture capital solutions. Carta’s liquidity solutions have returned $13B to shareholders in secondary transactions. Today Carta’s platform manages over two trillion dollars in equity for nearly two million people globally. Companies and funds like Canva, 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. For more information, visit carta.com.
The Team You’ll Work With
Finance Automation is an engineering team that support’s Carta’s Finance team to scale as Carta’s business scales both in volume, and complexity. Finance Automation owns Carta’s internal subscription service, contract management, data pipelines to NetSuite and Salesforce, finance-related 3rd party integrations, and user-facing pages related to subscriptions and contract signing.
The Problems You’ll Solve
Finance Automation is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a new sub team within Finance Automation, taking ownership over parts of the domain.
Responsibilities include:
- People management for 2-4 engineers initially: performance evaluations, career development, mentorship, knowledge transfer, unblocking, hiring, training, 1-on-1s.
- Form relationships with key stakeholders, work with product to clarify requirements. Define and communicate the team’s roadmap.
- Lead engineering strategy for the team by establishing and promoting best practices, leading design reviews, and collaborating with other engineering teams to resolve cross-cutting issues.
- Lead projects, create technical documentation, break down project milestones and delegate work, and support engineers leading projects of their own with mentorship and oversight.
The Impact You’ll Have
Building the foundation for a more scalable Carta will allow Finance, Sales, and CSM teams to continue to scale as Carta continues to grow. As Carta continues to expand into new geographies and products, creating leverage for administrative teams, including the finance team, via automation is a top priority at the Company level, and this role is uniquely positioned to drive that strategy forward.
About You
We are looking for an aspiring technical leader with experience leading impactful software engineering projects from inception to maintenance. You will be successful in this role by demonstrating the following:
- Full-stack or back-end experience is desirable.
- People management experience or an interest in people management is key.
- Experience working with product and internal stakeholders to negotiate and clarify requirements.
- Ability to drive cross-functional projects through the entire software development lifecycle.
- Experience within a SaaS company.
- Accounting or finance knowledge is a plus but not required.
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, connect with us via email at recruiting@carta.com. 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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