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Senior Software Engineer I, Identity and Access Management

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Carta

Senior Software Engineer I, Identity and Access Management

Waterloo, Canada

The Company You'll Join

Carta develops purpose-built software that transforms traditional accounting into a powerful growth engine.

Carta's world-class fund administration platform supports nearly 7,000 funds and SPVs, and represents nearly $130B in assets under management in venture capital and private equity.

Trusted by more than 40,000 companies, Carta also helps private businesses in over 160 countries manage their cap tables, valuations, taxes, equity programs, compensation, and more.

Together, Carta is setting a new standard as the end-to-end platform for private markets. Our best-in-class solution for fund management seamlessly integrates investor and portfolio company insights via a suite of tools designed ground-up to support the strategic impact of the fund CFO.

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The Problems You'll Solve

At Carta, our employees set out on a mission to unlock the power of equity ownership for more people in more places. We believe that the problems we solve today unlock the opportunities of tomorrow. As a Senior Software Engineer on the IAM team, you'll work to:

  • Build, maintain and support IAM services for all Carta products - login, registration, session, auditing, MFA, OAuth, Permissions, SSO
  • Reinforcing service resiliency, availability, performance and fault tolerance
  • Maintain standalone services
  • Enable more effective troubleshooting and monitoring in authentication and authorization services
  • Collaborate with teams across the company to solve complex permission problems and address security concerns

The Team You'll Work With

The IAM (Identity and Access Management) team is a software engineering team that builds services leveraged by Carta's entire product suite to authenticate and authorize millions of users. We are the gatekeepers of Carta. We ensure that our users can access Carta systems and resources securely with the right level of access. We are a highly impactful, cross-functional team that loves solving problems at scale!

About You

You have strong technical skills, are excited by projects that create scale, and enjoy working closely with stakeholders across engineering as well as product. You've worked in a monolithic environment and have felt the pain as organizations grow. Ideally, you've helped transform the monolithic environment to microservices.

You have 4+ years of backend, or full-stack software development experience working as an individual contributor. You have experience designing and deploying scalable, production-quality products with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and microservices. You are excited about authentication technologies such as SAML, OAuth, and OpenID Connect. You are familiar or willing to learn our technology stack: Python, ReactJS, AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, CircleCI, Datadog, gRPC.

You enjoy learning and are highly collaborative. Our team consists of people who are happy to help you learn everything you need to be successful at Carta.

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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Client-provided location(s): Waterloo, ON, Canada
Job ID: Carta-6216939003
Employment Type: Other

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • FSA
    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • Company Outings
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Unlimited Paid Time Off
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Sabbatical
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Company Equity
    • Relocation Assistance
  • Professional Development

    • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Founder led
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program

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