Carta
Staff Software Engineer, Investors
$240K–$300K
New York, NY +3 · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 16, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
New York, New York, United States
Toronto
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada - Experience
- Recommends 10+ years of professional software engineering experience; track record of high-level technical leadership.
- Visa sponsorship
- Carta uses E-Verify in the United States for employment authorization.
About the job
Leads technical strategy and engineering for Carta’s Investors business unit, building and improving systems for fund financials, tax and compliance, and LP management and reporting.
What you'll do
- Break down complex, ambiguous problems and guide teams toward solutions.
- Drive architectural improvements to system scalability and reliability, aligning teams on major technical decisions.
- Set engineering standards, mentor senior engineers, and define safe, effective use of AI tools across Carta.
What they ask for
- Expertise building distributed systems.
- Comfort guiding technical direction across JVM languages, gRPC, and cloud-native infrastructure (AWS).
- Technical leadership, constructive communication, and ability to influence across teams.
Pay
USD $240,000 - $300,000 minimum cash compensation (salary + commission if applicable) for New York, NY
Tools
Python/Django, React, Postgres, JVM languages, gRPC, AWS
AI focus
Define context and build safeguards (“rails”) so employees can use AI tools safely and effectively, amplifying engineering impact.
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