Senior Software Engineer II, KYC

Job Overview

Join Carta, a leading platform for private capital, as a Senior Software Engineer II on the Know Your Customer (KYC) team. You'll play a key role in building and scaling the compliance infrastructure that powers transactions in private markets.

The Team You'll Work With

The KYC team is responsible for screening over 1.5 million entities per year across Carta's fund administration, Carta Law, and LP KYC-as-a-service offerings. Currently, the team is re-architecting a fragmented set of products into a unified KYC platform, offering a mix of greenfield build and strategic integration opportunities.

Responsibilities

As a Senior Software Engineer II, KYC, you will:

• Lead technically complex projects from concept to production, ensuring high standards for performance and reliability.
• Identify opportunities to simplify code and infrastructure, prioritizing changes with measurable business impact.
• Utilize modern AI-assisted engineering tools to accelerate workflow, improve code quality, and solve high-level logic problems.
• Mentor and coach peers, raising the technical bar through PR reviews and architectural guidance.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product and design to build the right solutions for users.

Requirements

• Experience with Python, Django, React, Postgres, and Kafka (or willingness to learn).
• Ability to break down complex user stories into actionable tasks and execute them with minimal guidance.
• Strategic mindset with the ability to articulate technical trade-offs to stakeholders.
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.

Salary

The minimum cash compensation 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