Senior Software Engineer II, KYC

Socket.dev; New York (NY); On-site; USD 202,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity for all full-time roles

Competitive salary

Exceptional benefits

Commission plans where applicable

Job summary

Carta is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II, KYC, to lead technically complex projects and scale a unified KYC platform. You will mentor peers, drive architecture decisions, and partner with product and design to ship value quickly.

You should have 8+ years of software experience, hands-on with Python/Django, React, Postgres and Kafka, with a track record delivering production systems. This role offers equity and strong NY benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience with Python, Django, React, Postgres and Kafka.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Ability to break down complex stories and deliver with minimal guidance.
• Strong technical trade-off communication to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Drive implementation of complex projects from concept to production.
• Simplify systems by identifying opportunities to reduce complexity.
• Leverage modern tooling to accelerate development and code quality.
• Foster growth through mentoring, code reviews, and guidance.
• Collaborate with product and design to ship user-focused solutions.

Skills

8+ years software engineering

Execution

Strategic mindset

Mentorship

Tools

Python

Django

React

Postgres

Kafka

Java

gRPC

AWS

Job description

The Company You’ll Join

Carta is the connected platform and AI-native ecosystem for private capital. Built to replace fragmented tools with a single system of record, Carta brings together the software, services, and legal infrastructure that founders use to manage equity, fund managers use to run administration and reporting, and legal teams use to close transactions. Trusted by 55,000 companies and 1.8M+ equity holders in 160+ countries, and 10,000 funds and SPVs representing $250B+ in assets under management, Carta is transforming how private capital operates. Recognized by Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Great Places to Work.

For more information about our offices and culture, check out our Carta careers page.

The Team You’ll Work With

The KYC (Know Your Customer) team is building the compliance infrastructure that powers every transaction in private markets, from Limited Partner (LP) onboarding to tender offers to transaction‑level screening for Private Equity (PE). Across Carta's fund administration, Carta Law, and LP KYC‑as‑a‑service offerings, the team screens over 1.5 million entities per year, making it one of the highest‑volume compliance operations in the space. Right now, the team is in a pivotal moment: re‑architecting a fragmented set of products into a unified KYC platform, part greenfield build, part strategic integration, where your judgment will directly shape the outcome. You'll join a small, senior team that blends startup‑style execution with the rigor required to ship to production at scale.

The Problems You’ll Solve

As a Senior Software Engineer II, KYC, you will lead technically complex projects and serve as a multiplier for your team. You’ll work to:

• Drive Implementation: Lead the execution of complex technical projects, driving them from concept to production while maintaining high standards for performance and reliability.
• Simplify Systems: Dig deep into our architecture to identify opportunities to simplify code and infrastructure, prioritizing changes that have a measurable business impact.
• Leverage Modern Tooling: Use the best AI‑assisted engineering tools to accelerate your workflow, improve code quality, and spend more of your time solving the high‑level logic and unconventional problems
• Foster Growth: Act as a mentor and coach, raising the technical bar for your peers through diligent PR reviews and architectural guidance.
• Collaborate Cross‑Functionally: Partner with product and design to ensure we are building the right solution for the user, not just following a specification.

About You

• The Tech Stack: You have experience with (or a desire to learn) our core technologies: Python, Django, React, Postgres, and Kafka. We also utilize Java, gRPC, and AWS.
• Execution: You can break down complex user stories into actionable tasks and execute them with minimal guidance.
• Strategic Mindset: You understand the "why" behind your code and can articulate technical trade‑offs to stakeholders.
• Experience: We recommend 8+ years of professional software engineering experience for this level.

Salary

Carta’s compensation package includes a market competitive salary, equity for all full time roles, exceptional benefits, and, for applicable roles, commissions plans. Our minimum cash compensation (salary + commission if applicable) range for this role is:

• $212,500 - $250,000 for New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Santa Clara, CA
• $201,875 - $237,500 for Seattle, WA

Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, and other factors.

Disclosures

• 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 talent partner via email.
• Carta uses E-Verify in the United States for employment authorization. See the E-Verify and Department of Justice websites for more details.
• For information on our data privacy policies, see Privacy, CA Candidate Privacy, and Brazil Transparency Report.
• Please note that all official communications from us will come from an @carta.com or @carta-external.com domain. Report any contact from unapproved domains to [e-mail].