Senior Software Engineer

Description:

Carta is building the next-generation ERP system for private markets, serving venture capital, private equity, and private credit. As a Senior Software Engineer I on the Financial Reporting team, you will develop scalable and reliable systems that empower Carta’s internal reporting specialists and clients with accurate, timely, and flexible financial reporting. You will contribute to a distributed system supporting fund administration, accounting, investment management, automation, and AI-enabled reporting capabilities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain financial reporting systems and features.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to plan, design, and iterate on reporting tools.

• Build scalable and reliable systems to support time-sensitive reporting workflows.

• Innovate AI-enabled reporting capabilities and document extraction tools.

• Own projects end-to-end—from initial design to production rollout.

• Work across engineering teams to ensure system correctness, maintainability, and performance.

• Contribute to both greenfield and legacy system development.

Qualifications:

• Several years of professional software engineering experience.

• Strong proficiency with Python.

• Experience with (or willingness to learn): Django, JavaScript/React, TypeScript, Postgres, Kafka, gRPC.

• Ability to thrive in ambiguity and collaborate effectively across teams.

• Experience designing and implementing maintainable and scalable systems.

Desired Characteristics:

• Analytical, curious, and eager to improve user experiences.

• Comfortable taking ownership and driving features end-to-end.

• Strong collaboration and communication skills.

• Interest in accounting, financial reporting, fund management, or related systems.

• Interest in AI-driven automation and tooling.

Additional Requirements:

• Ability to complete a real-world take-home coding exercise (no LeetCode-style tests).

• Participation in a virtual interview process with engineering and leadership.

• Commitment to Carta’s values and ability to work in a collaborative, fast-moving environment.

• If accommodations are needed due to disability/medical conditions, they can be requested via Carta’s talent team.

• Must verify official communications come from @carta.com or @carta-external.com emails (report suspicious emails to security@carta.com).