Senior QA Automation Engineer II

Carta connects founders, investors, and limited partners through world-class software, purpose-built for everyone in venture capital, private equity and private credit. Trusted by 65,000+ companies in 160+ countries, Cartas platform of software and services lays the groundwork so you can build, invest, and scale with confidence.

Cartas Fund Administration platform supports 9,000+ funds and SPVs, representing nearly $185B in assets under management, with tools designed to enhance the strategic impact of fund CFOs. Recognized by Fortune, Forbes, Fast Company, Inc. and Great Places to Work, Carta is shaping the future of private market infrastructure.

Together, Carta is creating the end-to-end ERP platform for private markets. Traditional ERP solutions dont work for Private Funds. Private capital markets need a comprehensive software solution to replace outdated spreadsheets and fragmented service providers. Cartas software for the Office of the Fund CFO does just that - its a new category of software to make private markets look more like public markets - a connected ERP for private capital.

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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. To do this well, we must continuously raise the bar on software qualitywithout compromising developer velocity.

As a Senior QA Automation Engineer II, you wont just be writing testsyoull be a force multiplier for quality across the engineering organization. Youll work across multiple product teams to drive a strategic shift: from QA as a safety net to quality as a shared responsibility, embedded into every part of the development lifecycle.

Youll lead efforts to identify critical coverage gaps, implement and scale test automation frameworks, and roll out self-service tools that enable developers to write, run, and promote tests with confidence. Youll partner closely with embedded QAs, developers, and platform teams to shift QA towards an enablement model that amplifies impact across teams.

Youll help pilot new ways of working that reduce manual effort, catch defects earlier, and improve the signal-to-noise ratio in our CI pipelinewhether through smarter automation, better tooling, or new AI-integrated approaches to test reliability and triage. Ultimately, your work will help Carta move faster without sacrificing confidenceby making automated quality an invisible but essential part of our software delivery process.

The Team You'll Work With

The QA Organization consists of ~15 QAs who work closely with our Product, Engineering, and Support teams. We work cross-functionally across the organization to make sure we are testing our product before our clients get to use them. This is a highly visible and critical role to help define and implement QA processes within different teams, plus help with manual and automation testing to test our products thoroughly and deliver with high quality.

About You

• 6-8+ years of experience in software engineering or automation engineering role
• Strong programming expertise in one OOP language like Python, Java, JS or Go (Python preferred)
• Experience building and maintaining test frameworks using tools like Selenium/Webdriver, Pytest, Cypress, Playwright
• Deep practical understanding of test strategies (unit, integration, E2E, performance, load testing).
• Understanding of CI/CD and hands on experience with building and deployment tools (CircleCI, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Docker) and test analytics (e.g., Datadog, Sentry)
• Strong experience with automation and software design patterns, with proven experience in both backend and frontend projects
• Strong knowledge in cloud infrastructure and container orchestration (Kubernetes preferred)
• You have the ability to understand the technical needs for the teams and help them implement QA processes and mindset
• You are a self-starter who thrives on solving open-ended problems, not just executing Jira tickets
• You identify patterns and recurring issues proactively and build scalable solutions to reduce future friction
• You have a history of shipping test frameworks or systems used by others beyond your immediate team.
• You have a track record of advancing quality maturity by shifting QA from hands-on execution to developer enablement through self-service tooling and process improvements
• You are passionate about mentoring junior level team members to help them grow and learn

Salary

Cartas 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:

• $194,650 - $229,000 in New York, NY

Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, and other factors.