Carta

Staff Software Engineer

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada · Staff+ · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$206k-$257kDetected 138 days ago

PythonReactDjangoRailsPostgreSQLAWSRESTgRPCAccountingERPLeadershipCommunication

About the role

Recognized by Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Great Places to Work, Carta is shaping the future of private market infrastructure.
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Private capital markets need a comprehensive software solution to replace outdated spreadsheets and fragmented service providers.

You lead through influence rather than authority, acting as a role model for constructive communication and technical discipline.
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.

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:
$205,600 - $257,000 CAD in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

You'll Work With
You'll enter our engineering interview process as part of a pooled hiring model.
We believe in hiring for Carta first, focusing on your core strengths and technical craft rather than a specific team's immediate gap.
Staff Engineers at Carta are technical anchors for our business.
You don't just own features, you take long-term accountability for the technical health and strategic direction of different domains.
As you move through our process, we'll transition from the general pool to a team-matching phase.
Our goal is to match your unique technical strengths, and personal career interests with our most impactful, strategic challenges.
Strategic areas you may influence include:
Platform Data Ecosystem: Shaping how data flows across our entire suite of products to ensure a "single source of truth" for private market data.
Financial Systems Architecture: Designing resilient, scalable solutions for management fee accounting and multi-currency transactions.
Engineering Excellence: Defining company-wide standards that reduce operational load and improve developer velocity across dozens of teams.
The Problems You'll Solve
As a Staff Engineer, you are responsible for the long-term technical health and success of your business unit.
You'll work to:

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