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title: 'Staff Software Engineer at Sydecar'
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# Staff Software Engineer at Sydecar

- **Company:** Sydecar
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Compensation:** $225k–$310k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-01-16
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/sydecar/0b2709c1-f366-4d8f-bd30-d7bfe6e8fd4a

## Job description

## ABOUT US

Sydecar is on a mission to transform the world of private markets. Our goal is to make these markets more accessible, transparent, and liquid, and we're achieving this by revolutionizing the way investment vehicles are created and executed.

At Sydecar, we're not just a platform; we're a trusted partner in venture capital. We're dedicated to simplifying and standardizing the private investing experience, empowering capital allocators to discover and support visionary entrepreneurs who are shaping the future.

Our platform is designed with ease and efficiency in mind. We take care of all the behind-the-scenes tasks, from automating banking, ensuring compliance, handling contracts, managing taxes, to streamlining reporting. This leaves investors the freedom to concentrate on what matters most: making valuable deals and nurturing meaningful relationships.

Join us at Sydecar, as we lead the charge in revolutionizing private investing.

Locations: San Francisco (Hybrid – 2 to 3 days per week in office)

## ABOUT OUR ENGINEERING TEAMS

We’re hiring across multiple teams and are excited to match engineers with roles that align with their interests and strengths. Whether you’re full stack, front end–focused, or more backend–oriented, we have opportunities that fit your skill set and where you want to grow.

Our software development is AI-centric and requires demonstrated experience leveraging agentic software development workflows

## OUR TECH STACK

- Frontend: TypeScript and React in a mono-repo structure
- Backend: TypeScript, using NestJS and Prisma
- Database: PostgreSQL
- Testing & Code Quality: Jest and linted/auto-formatted with ESLint/Prettier
- Design: Wireframes and prototypes crafted in Figma
- Infrastructure: Maintained as Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform

## WHAT YOU WILL DO

As a Staff Software Engineer, you are the archetype for the engineering organization. You are comfortable leading large project teams or working on complex projects few others in the organization can take on. You leverage business and organizational awareness to outline quarter-long technology strategies and drive implementation across the organization, elevating the quality, functionality, and potential of Sydecar's core product. You are a Product engineer first, helping our core applications team improve the experience for deal organizers and investors, who combine to close hundreds of millions of dollars in venture funding annually.

- Lead large/complex projects.
- Outline technology strategies with a 1-2 quarter time horizon.
- Cultivate the growth of talented full stack engineers through mentorship.
- Help shape the product and design roadmaps.
- Drive end-to-end the architectural decisions, scalability planning, and long-term strategic vision for these key components.
- Collaborate across functions with Product and Design, Legal, Compliance, and Customer Experience and other engineering leaders to deliver cohesive, platform-wide solutions.

## WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

- 8+ years of professional experience as a software engineer, with a proven track record of technical leadership and driving org-wide impact.
- Expertise in building large-scale, high-reliability, distributed backend systems, ideally in the fintech or payments space.
- Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript is highly preferred.
- Experience managing the complete project lifecycle, transforming intricate ideas and ambiguous requirements into successful launches independently.
- Deep expertise in system architecture, data modeling, and building core services with clean interfaces.
- Product sense and a passion for advocating for the customer, with experience building robust systems that directly impact business-critical flows.
- Outstanding capacity to convey intricate technical concepts clearly and precisely, both in writing and verbally, to diverse functional teams.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership of projects, while also thriving in a team environment, often guiding the work of several other engineers across multiple projects.
- Ability to implement and influence engineering best practices.

## SYDECAR’S VALUES

Our values are important to the way we live and work at Sydecar. They guide our priorities, behaviors and interactions.

Be Committed

As a team, we rise to meet challenges and recognize that we become stronger and develop character when facing adversity.

Be Excellent

We measure our success not just by what we achieve, but by how we achieve it—through integrity, creativity, elegance, and a commitment to continuous improvement. Excellence is not just doing things well—it's looking for ways to do them better.

Be Humble

Humility is our key to personal and professional growth. We appreciate that great ideas can come from anywhere, regardless of seniority, pedigree, or experience. We care more about collective outcomes than who gets credit or who does what. We try to not let our ego cloud our judgment.

Win Together

Winning is no accident. It is the result of collective hard work, perseverance, sacrifice, and most of all, loving what we do. Winning requires that we give extra—sometimes winning calls for late nights or extra effort, and we show up for clients and each other with urgency and heart. While excellence is a journey, winning is a destination.

Sydecar is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Sydecar are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Sydecar will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. Sydecar encourages applicants of all ages.

## About Sydecar

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Sydecar provides a frictionless deal execution platform that automates banking, compliance, contracts, and reporting for venture fund and syndicate managers, enabling them to form and manage Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) and funds.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A; total funding ~$35.6M as of November 2024)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA (with hubs in New York and Seattle)
- **Founded**: 2021
- **Founders**: Nik Talreja (Co-Founder & CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Private market infrastructure / Venture capital and private equity enablement
- **Target customers**: B2B – emerging and established venture fund managers, syndicate leads, and general partners (GPs)
- **Mission**: Build the infrastructure that powers private markets.

## Products & Services
- **Sydecar Platform (SaaS)**: An all-in-one deal execution platform that handles SPV and fund formation, investor onboarding, banking, compliance (KYC/AML), contract generation, tax reporting, and capital calls. The platform is designed to eliminate back-office overhead so managers can focus on sourcing deals and building investor relationships.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: $1.1B in assets under administration (as of mid-2025); $1.0M annual revenue (LinkedIn estimate)
- **Total Funding**: ~$35.6M across multiple rounds, including:
  - Seed round (2021) led by TechU Ventures
  - Seed round (April 2022): $8.3M from 21 investors
  - Venture round (January 2023): $8.1M
  - Series A (November 2024): $11.0M led by Deciens Capital
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Deciens Capital, TechU Ventures; leadership includes alumni from Cooley, AngelList, Citi, and SS&C
- **Growth Signals**: 800+ deal sponsors (GPs), 20,000+ LP investments, 1,000+ investment vehicles; headcount of 77 employees with +1.2% monthly growth; 21 active job postings (as of mid-2025)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep automation of the full SPV lifecycle** – banking, compliance, legal, and reporting are bundled into one platform, reducing setup time to next business day.
- **Trusted by thousands of venture managers** – the platform has processed billions in assets, signaling strong product-market fit and network effects.
- **Long runway and healthy unit economics** – several years of cash runway, allowing the company to invest without near-term fundraising pressure.
- **Standards-first approach** – built for professional investors with compliance and security at the core.

## Strategic Focus
- Continue scaling the platform to serve a larger share of private market activity, moving from SPVs to full fund administration.
- Deepen integrations with banking, tax, and legal partners to further reduce friction for GPs.
- Expand the team across engineering, product, sales, and operations to support rapid customer growth.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Tight-knit, values-driven team with principles of “Be Excellent,” “Be Humble,” “Be Committed,” and “Win Together.” Inclusive environment where every voice matters.
- **Work model**: Hybrid – hubs in San Francisco, New York, and Seattle; typically 2 days on-site, 3 days remote.
- **Benefits**: Competitive salary + bonus, stock options, 401k with 4% employer match, generous medical/dental/vision, parental leave, PTO, annual professional development stipend, wellness stipend, workspace allotment, commuter benefits, life insurance, personal data plan reimbursement.
- **Engineering culture**: Uses modern stack (TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, Google Cloud, Terraform); staff engineers and senior roles are actively hiring. Emphasis on solving hard problems together.

## Sources
1. [sydecar.io](https://sydecar.io/)
2. [sydecar.io/careers](https://sydecar.io/careers)
3. [sydecar.io/about](https://sydecar.io/about)
4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/sydecar-sydecario)
5. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/sydecario)

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