Senior Software Engineer, Carta

Venture Capital

$161.5-190k

React

JavaScript

Python

Django

Kafka

Postgres

Senior level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

2-5 days a week in office

Software and services platform providing infrastructure for innovators

Job no longer available

Software and services platform providing infrastructure for innovators

1001+ employees

FintechB2BInvesting

Job no longer available

$161.5-190k

React

JavaScript

Python

Django

Kafka

Postgres

Senior level

New York

San Francisco Bay Area

2-5 days a week in office

1001+ employees

FintechB2BInvesting

Company mission

To create more owners across the world and revolutionize how capital markets operate. Carta believes that by providing the infrastructure that fuels innovation, it lowers the barriers to entry and moves the world forward into an era of ownership.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Whether you are a new college graduate or have a few years of industry experience, you continuously strive to improve yourself and those around you
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
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, Postgres, GRPC, Kafka); such experience is helpful but we do not require it
We look for candidates who are interested in, experienced with, or curious about…
Accounting or investment management
Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology
Customer relationship management
Document data extraction and digital signatures
Tax reporting and financial auditing
Banking and money movement

What the job involves

You will join our R&D team of learners, builders, experts, and leaders in our Venture Capital 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

Application 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 Venture Capital team to learn what kind of work we do and how it lines up with your interests

Our take

Carta offers an all-in-one equity management platform for startups. This California-based fin-tech makes managing equity within startups simple. As many startups are initially held by private individuals, it can be difficult for shareholders to allocate or offload shares transparently. Carta is a transfer agent for private companies that enables seed-stage to pre-IPO companies to manage equity electronically with the participation of their shareholders, employees, auditors, and legal counsel. It digitizes paper stock certificates along with stock options, warrants, and derivatives to create a real-time image of who owns what at a startup.

The firm has a host of high-profile backers and investors, including Goldman Sachs, Draper VC, and k9 Ventures, one of the original investors in ridesharing app Lyft. In early 2021 Carta announced a new service, CartaX. A trading platform and funding avenue with regulatory and compliance procedures built-in.

Carta's goal is to create the first 'private stock market for companies.' Other players have recently been making waves, most notably Caplight and Forge, both of which offer shares in private and pre-IPO companies. Now well established as the destination for startups, Carta is on track to maintain a controlling position in this previously untapped industry.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

-4% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.7)

Trustpilot (2)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)

Aug 2021

$500m

SERIES G

May 2020

$180m

SERIES F

Total funding: $1.1bn

Company benefits

Book reimbursement
Carta Business School
Fertility coverage and parental leave
Liquidity events
Mental health coverage
401K matching
Minimum time off

Company HQ

Union Square, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Henry Ward

(CEO)

Background in finance and technology, they were the Founder and CEO of Secondsight, a portfolio optimization platform for retail investors before founding Carta.

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