3 days ago
Toronto, Canada or Waterloo, CanadaStaff+
Responsibilities
- Solve complex, poorly defined technical problems and create clear paths forward for the organization.
- Identify systemic failure patterns and lead architectural changes that improve scalability and reliability.
- Align multiple teams on major technical decisions using cross-functional domain expertise.
- Define the technical direction and rails for safe, effective use of AI tools across Carta.
- Set the vision for operational excellence and mentor senior engineers.
- Provide long-term technical leadership for fund financials, tax and compliance, LP management, and reporting systems.
Requirements
- Expertise building distributed systems.
- Strong technical leadership experience through influence rather than formal authority.
- Ability to anticipate future roadblocks and design systems for long-term business growth.
- Comfort guiding technical direction across Python/Django, React, Postgres, JVM languages, gRPC, and AWS.
- The company recommends 10+ years of professional software engineering experience with a record of high-level technical leadership.
Benefits
- Market-competitive compensation, equity for full-time roles, exceptional benefits, and applicable commission plans.
- The role is listed in Toronto or Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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About Carta
Carta builds software and services for private companies, investors, and law firms to manage cap tables, equity plans, valuations, and fund administration. Its SaaS and administration offerings provide a system of record for founders, VCs, and LPs, and support transactions such as tender offers. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, the privately held company is used by 55,000+ companies and 10,000 funds representing $250B+ in assets under management.