Senior Software Engineer, Fund Operations
Carta (View all Jobs)
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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)
Programming Languages Mentioned
Java, Python, JavaScript
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. Trusted by 65,000+ companies in 160+ countries, Carta’s platform of software and services lays the groundwork so you can build, invest, and scale with confidence.
Carta’s Fund Administration platform supports 9,000+ funds and SPVs, representing nearly $185B in assets under management, with tools designed to enhance the strategic impact of fund CFOs. Recognized by Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Great Places to Work, Carta is shaping the future of private market infrastructure.
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 Private capital markets need a comprehensive software solution to replace outdated spreadsheets and fragmented service providers.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.
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 Senior Software Engineer I or Senior Software Engineer II, you’ll work to solve problems like:
- How can we leverage the power of AI to create exceptional, seamless experiences for our customers?
- How can we design reliable systems for tracking capital movement across a fund’s lifecycle, from initial call to final distribution?
- How do we build flexible reporting pipelines that adapt to evolving fund structures and support compliance with financial regulations?
- How can we apply machine learning to automate workflows traditionally powered by spreadsheets and manual reviews?
The Team You’ll Work With
Carta’s Fund Operations Engineering Organization is designing the infrastructure that redefines how investment firms across Venture Capital and Private Equity run. We’re building the systems that sit at the heart of fund administration: financial data pipelines, transaction engines, ML-assisted tooling, and full-service automation.
Our teams are multidisciplinary, working closely with product leaders, accountants, data scientists, and ML researchers to take on some of Carta’s most challenging, ambiguous problems. We’re drawn to complexity, motivated by clarity, and operate with a high degree of ownership. If you thrive in early innings problems, enjoy building clean abstractions from messy, real-world scenarios, and want to help shape an industry-standard platform from the ground up, this is the place to do it.
About You
At Carta, you’re not just an employee. You’re a builder who is creating infrastructure that accelerates innovation and empowers more ownership. Cartans are helpful, relentless, unconventional and kind; representing Carta’s Identity Traits. They work collaboratively and cross functionally to challenge the status quo; working towards a common goal of creating more owners in the private markets.
- You have 6+ years of experience of full-stack or backend engineering experience
- You have strong technical skills and are an excellent collaborator
- You act as an owner, not just a contributor, by taking responsibility for outcomes, pushing through ambiguity, and championing solutions that improve team efficiency and business impact.
- You implement systems that are clear, maintainable, and stand the test of time.
- You are excited by opportunities to both break ground on new projects and provide fresh perspective onto past implementations.
- You are eager to move fast, but recognize when to build for the future.
- You’re familiar with some elements of the Carta tech stack (Python, Django, Java, Javascript, React, Postgres, REST/GRPC, Kafka
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.
- Carta uses E-Verify in the United States for employment authorization. See the E-Verify and Department of Justice websites for more details.
- For information on our data privacy policies, see Privacy, CA Candidate Privacy, and Brazil Transparency Report.
- Please note that all official communications from us will come from an @carta.com or @carta-external.com domain. Report any contact from unapproved domains to security@carta.com.
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