Software Engineer, Ontra
$190-265.9k
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AI-powered contract automation for private markets
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AI-powered contract automation for private markets
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$190-265.9k
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To clear the operational fog for GPs by transforming unstructured information into insight, action, and automation.
Role
Who you are
- Experience: 3+ years as a full-stack software engineer working with MVC frameworks (e.g., Ruby on Rails, Python with Flask, Java with Spring)
- Project Development: A track record of contributing to and helping to build projects from inception to completion
- Collaboration: Capable of working effectively within a team, taking on tasks and collaborating with other engineers to deliver a high-quality product
- Iterative Approach: Skilled in developing iteratively, incorporating feedback to refine and improve the product
- LLM Familiarity: Experience using coding assistant LLMs such as Cursor or Claude Code. Experience in integrating LLMs into products for data extraction and summarization to solve business needs is a strong plus
What the job involves
- Ontra is seeking a Software Engineer to work on our innovative purpose-built AI solutions
- Contract negotiations once required hours of manual markup
- Hundreds of pages of fund documents hide critical obligations in dense legal language
- Unstructured legal text needs to become clean, actionable data before it can drive any real decisions
- At Ontra, that's the work
- You'll build AI-powered features that automatically mark up contracts during negotiations, extract obligations buried in complex fund documents, and transform messy legal text into structured data that some of the world's largest investment firms rely on to run their business
- We’re looking for someone excited to design innovative prototypes, develop intuitive user experiences, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to build our cutting-edge products
- We expect our engineers to be pragmatic builders who iterate quickly, write quality code, and care about the user experience they're delivering
- Experience using AI tools in your workflow and building AI-powered product features is a strong plus
- If you want to work in an environment where you have real autonomy, ship frequently, and see the impact of your work, we’d love to get to know you!
- Develop and Scale: Build, implement, and maintain a web-based application from the frontend to the backend using Ruby on Rails and React.js
- Ownership and Accountability: Take ownership of project tasks, working to resolve problems and make decisions with support from senior engineers or a team lead
- Iterative Improvement: Continuously ship and improve code by actively seeking and responding to stakeholder feedback
- Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their needs and incorporate their feedback into the development process
- Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teammates to align on development strategies and ensure seamless feature integration
Our take
The private markets have grown rapidly, but operational complexity and regulatory demands have grown too. Firms face high-volume legal work, compliance obligations, and fragmented workflows hat slow deal-making and fund management. Founded in 2014, Ontra offers AI solutions built specifically for these challenges.
Ontra combines AI with a global network of legal experts to turn complex, document-heavy processes into actionable intelligence. It automates contract review, obligation tracking, entity management, due diligence, and compliance workflows, reducing manual work and letting teams focus on higher-value decisions. And by providing accurate, industry-specific insights without requiring customers to configure AI models, Ontra has helped firms work more efficiently and with less risk.
Serving over 1,000 firms globally (including 9 of the top 10 private equity firms), Ontra has processed more than 2M documents and continues expanding its product suite. Recent launched include AI tools for credit management, due diligence questionnaires, and human-in0the-loop KYC services. Alongside this, it recently acquired some serious funding, putting it a might strong position going forward.
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Insights
81% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Oct 2021
$200m
SERIES B
Jan 2019
$40m
SERIES A
Total funding: $240m
Company benefits
- Remote Flexibility: At Ontra, we’re invested in your success, and our total rewards package is designed to help you reach your full potential. Embrace our remote-first work environment with generous reimbursements for work-from-home equipment, coworking, phone, and internet.
- Unlock Your Potential: Tap into opportunities for continuous learning, mentorship, and role-specific development through our learning platforms, industry conferences, employee resource groups, plus in-person and virtual company events.
- Life Moments Covered: We’re here to support you when life happens. Whether it’s a vacation you’ve been looking forward to, a medical situation you need to take care of, a new addition to your family, or another important life moment, we’ve got you covered.
Company HQ
Union Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Troy Pospisil
(Co-Founder & CEO)Majored in Economics at NYU before joining Deloitte as a Management Consultant. Was an Investment Professional at H.I.G. Capital.
Ben Levi
(Co-Founder & COO)Studied at Yale and Harvard Law School, and worked on Obama's 2008 campaign. Was an Associate at Kirkland & Ellis and founded Saas company Tembo.
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