Senior Software Engineer, Private Investments Platform (Alternatives)

About the role

The Role Arta is building an AI-native wealth platform that expands access to sophisticated investment strategies — including private markets such as private equity, venture capital, private credit, and other alternative assets. We are looking for a senior software engineer to work closely with the Private Investments Team to build and scale our Alternatives platform and go-to-market capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Build the Alternatives Platform
• Design, build, and own end-to-end backend systems powering the alternatives platform, working closely with product and business stakeholders to develop, ship, and iterate on features across the full lifecycle of private market investments.
• Architect scalable data models and services to support complex fund structures and investor allocations, ensuring consistency, accuracy, and extensibility across the platform.
• Develop robust APIs, workflows, and internal tooling that enable reliable tracking of performance, cash flows, and portfolio exposure across alternative assets, while supporting operational efficiency for internal teams and seamless integration with user-facing applications.
• Drive Go-To-Market Enablement
• Partner directly with Private Investments Team to translate investment strategies into scalable product experiences.
• Build internal and client-facing tools that support fund launches, client onboarding, and investor reporting.
• Enable operational workflows that are traditionally manual (subscription docs, diligence workflows, reporting).
• Bridge Investments and Engineering Work cross-functionally with investment, product, legal, and operations teams.
• Translate ambiguous, domain-heavy requirements into clean system designs.
• Bring structure and scalability to complex financial processes.
• Build for Scale and Reliability
• Architect backend systems and APIs for internal and external use.
• Ensure data accuracy, auditability, and consistency across financial workflows.
• Contribute to overall platform architecture and engineering standards.

Requirements

7–10 years of experience as a software engineer with strong command in Python

Strong backend / systems engineering fundamentals

Experience building production systems with real-world complexity (data models, workflows, APIs)

Basic familiarity with private markets / alternative investments, such as: Private equity / venture capital, Private credit, Fund structures, capital calls, distributions

Ability to work in ambiguous environments and partner closely with non-engineering stakeholders

Strong product sense — you care about how systems translate into user experience

Based in the Bay area or you have plans to relocate to the Bay area