[Remote] Staff Software Engineer

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Carta is a company that connects founders, investors, and limited partners through innovative software designed for the venture capital, private equity, and private credit sectors. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will be responsible for the long-term technical health of your business unit, tackling complex problems and driving systemic improvements across multiple systems.

Responsibilities

• Navigate Ambiguity: Tackle the most complex and poorly defined problems at Carta, breaking them down into navigable paths for the rest of the organization
• Champion Systemic Improvement: Identify and eliminate failure patterns across multiple systems, driving architectural changes that improve scalability and reliability
• Bridge Technical Gaps: Use your deep understanding of cross-functional domains to align multiple teams on major technical decisions
• Define the AI Frontier: Lead the charge in transforming how we build by defining the context and building the rails that allow every person at Carta to leverage AI tools safely and effectively. You’ll help move the organization toward a future where AI amplifies our collective engineering impact
• Uphold Engineering Standards: Set the vision for operational excellence and mentor senior engineers to raise the collective craft of the organization

Skills

• 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with a track record of high-level technical leadership
• Expert in building distributed systems
• Comfortable guiding technical direction across JVM languages, gRPC, and cloud-native infrastructure (AWS)
• Ability to lead through influence rather than authority
• Acting as a role model for constructive communication and technical discipline
• Anticipating future roadblocks and building systems that support long-term business growth

Benefits

• Equity for all full time roles
• Exceptional benefits
• Commissions plans (for applicable roles)
• 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.

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