Senior Software Engineer II, KYC

Carta; New York, Seattle, San Francisco, Santa Clara (NY, WA, CA, CA); On-site; USD 213,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity for all full-time roles

Exceptional benefits

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Carta is building a high-scale KYC platform and seeks an experienced software engineer to drive critical projects from concept to production. You will simplify architecture, raise the technical bar, and collaborate with product, design, and cross-functional teams to deliver robust solutions.

The role requires 8+ years of experience, strong execution, and a strategic mindset. Hybrid work in NY/SF/CA locations is offered with competitive compensation and equity.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Break down complex user stories into actionable tasks with minimal guidance.
• Articulate technical trade-offs to stakeholders and drive decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the execution of complex technical projects from concept to production.
• Identify opportunities to simplify code and infrastructure for measurable business impact.
• Leverage AI-assisted engineering tools to improve code quality and efficiency.
• Mentor peers through PR reviews and architectural guidance.
• Partner with product and design to build user-centric solutions.

Skills

Execution

Strategic thinking

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

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.

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

• 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.

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.

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