Software Engineer II, Valuations

CARTA; Waterloo; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading equity management platform seeks a Software Engineer to contribute to Valuations products by designing secure and scalable platforms. Ideal candidates have 1-3 years of engineering experience and are familiar with technologies such as ReactJS and Java. Join a collaborative team dedicated to transforming asset valuation in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of experience in full-stack or frontend engineering.
• Experience working with SaaS products with microservices.
• Passion for the tech stack and solving ambiguous requirements.

Responsibilities

• Design and code highly available and scalable platforms.
• Conduct timely and thoughtful peer code reviews.
• Leverage monitoring to improve system observability.

Skills

Full-stack or frontend engineering

SaaS product experience

Communication

Team collaboration

Tools

ReactJS

Java

Python

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

The Company You’ll Join

Carta is a platform that helps people manage equity, build businesses, and invest in the companies of tomorrow. Our mission is to unlock the power of equity ownership for more people in more places.

Carta is trusted by more than 40,000 companies and over two million people in nearly 160 countries to manage cap tables, compensation, and valuations. Carta also supports nearly 7,000 funds and SPVs, and represents nearly $130B in assets under administration. Carta's tender offer solutions have returned $14B to shareholders in secondary transactions. Today, Carta’s platform manages nearly three trillion dollars in equity globally.

In this role you will be part of a team building and shaping Carta’s Valuations products, contributing to new features, improving operational efficiency, and minimizing technical debt while leveraging standardized solutions. You will collaborate with business and engineering teams across Carta in a product space that intersects Cap Table Management, Taxes, and Investor Platforms, creating impact across teams.

The Problems You'll Solve

As a Software Engineer, you will help design and build scalable, secure platforms and user experiences. You will focus on delivering value through new features, reliability, and maintainability within the Valuations space.

Responsibilities

• Design and code highly available, secure, and scalable platforms and user experiences
• Adhere to test-driven development (TDD), maintain high levels of code coverage and automation
• Conduct timely and thoughtful peer code review
• Leverage logging and monitoring of platforms to improve observability
• Instrument system performance and business metrics

The Team You'll Work With

You will become part of a diverse group dedicated to transforming asset valuation. Our mission is to value every asset accurately and in real-time, developing solutions for fast and accurate valuations across a broad spectrum (409A, ASC 820, Warrants, Gifts, etc). We support multiple business units within Carta, including new customer experiences, data platforms, and 3rd party integrations. We also build tools for financial analysts to deliver valuations at scale using Carta’s data sets and machine learning platforms.

If you're excited about crafting a platform versatile enough to tackle complex challenges, we’d love to hear from you.

About You

We believe in engineers as artisans and first-principle problem solvers, and we aim to create an environment in which engineers thrive. You deeply care about your users and their problems, and you are relentless in delivering delightful user experiences. You are energized by solving deep problems collaboratively.

Requirements

• You have 1-3 years of full-stack or frontend engineering experience
• You have a desire to become a product domain expert and refine ambiguous product requirements to deliver customer value
• You have experience working with SaaS products with microservices
• You are passionate about some elements of our tech stack (ReactJS, Java, Python, Datadog, GRPC / GraphQL, Kafka, K8s, AWS)
• You are excited to work with stakeholders across engineering, product, business and marketing and own an initiative end-to-end
• You see communication as one of your strengths
• You are eager to move fast, but recognize when to build for the future
• You are empathetic and value psychological safety and diversity as core foundations of a thriving team

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to providing a positive interview experience for every candidate. If accommodations due to a disability or medical condition are needed, please connect with the recruiter via email. Check out our values to learn more about Carta.

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Awards and Acknowledgements

Carta has earned recognition and partnerships within the industry and continues to grow as a platform for equity management and valuation tooling.

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