Full-Stack Engineer, Investment Platform
Full-time
Hybrid
Foster City, CA
$200K - $250K
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Chief Data Scientist
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1 hour
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8 days
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Mixed
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· Oct 3, 2026
Hi all, reminder that we will not be sponsoring visas for this role. Please do not submit candidates that require transfers or net-new sponsorship. Thanks!
Role highlights
Hiring goal
1 candidate
Recruiter activity
Recruiter activity on this role is medium
No final round interviews
There currently aren't any candidates in final round interviews or offer stage
Why candidates should join
Top-tier VC firm with $2.9B in AUM: Scale Venture Partners has raised eight funds and was an early investor in DocuSign, HubSpot, BILL, Box, JFrog, and companies of the like.
You'll build the software that runs the fund used by investors and the finance team. Everything you ship gets used immediately by real users.
Frontier AI access you can't get anywhere else. As a VC firm, Scale gets early access to virtually every interesting new AI tool and agent on the market. Trying the latest and greatest is an essential part of the job.
Small autonomous team with outsized impact. You'll own features end-to-end across portfolio monitoring, LP reporting, and agentic internal tools for a firm managing nearly $3B.
Comp range of $190K–$240K+ with potential bonus. Remote-friendly (open to remote candidates). Possible carry or bonus structure depending on the candidate.
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Company Overview
Top-tier venture capital firm managing ~$2.8B across eight funds.
Small, highly autonomous engineering team.
Role Requirements
Own and enhance Scale Studio for investor reporting and company performance.
Work on automated data ingestion and error resolution features.
Candidate Requirements
Strong domain knowledge in private markets or similar sectors like Carta.
Experience with Python backend and Typescript frontend; openness to new tools.
Team Structure
Current team includes one full-time member, two contractors, and one part-time person.
Hiring to replace a key person who reduced their hours due to personal reasons.
Compensation and Logistics
Salary range set between $200K - $250K, with flexibility based on experience.
Open to equity or bonus structures; location flexibility with hybrid options in SF or remote.
Timeline and Urgency
Hiring is urgent but prioritizes finding the right candidate.
Interview process includes a phone screen, technical interview, and a small take-home project.
Ideal Candidate Profile
Mid to senior level with 5+ years of experience, ideally from a fund or similar environment.
Experience in financial reporting, KPIs for startups, or private capital is highly valued.
Pain Points
Need to replace a key team member to maintain and enhance critical software tools.
Desire for more automated processes in data handling and reporting.
Work Arrangement
Hybrid work setup with offices in Foster City and San Francisco; remote work is an option.
Regular office days are Mondays and Fridays, with flexibility on Mondays.
Interview Process
Initial phone screen followed by a technical interview and a take-home project.
Focus on technical decision-making and familiarity with relevant technologies.
Requirements
By tier
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Understand the key qualifications and domain knowledge needed
06:39
Calibrate a candidate in Parabot. to see how well they fit the requirements.
Dealbreaker
Work experience
Experience building back-office software for private markets, venture capital, or startup financials (Pitchbook, Carta, Pulley)
Updated
Built and shipped VC and private markets back office products and features: cap tables, preferences and liquidation mechanics, ownership and dilution, capital calls, valuations, portfolio monitoring, or LP reporting
Updated
Hard skills
Genuine full-stack development proficiency (Python, React, TypeScript) with strong SQL and data modeling instincts
Updated
Baseline
Seniority
5 - 8 years of experience as a full-stack engineer, building back office software for private markets, funds, or VCs
Soft skills
Experience working directly with investor teams and stakeholders. Able to translate observations into scope.
Updated
Miscellaneous
Demonstrated tenure: history of staying at an employer long enough to see the long-term outcomes of engineering decisions
Updated
Ability to work hybrid in Foster City, CA or San Francisco, CA (1-3 days/week)
Updated
Nice-to-have
Work experience
Experience at a fund's platform or technology team, or on a team serving that market
Updated
Hard skills
AWS and production ownership experience (ECS, CI, monitoring)
Updated
Experience building with LLMs in production (retrieval, evaluation, agent tooling)
Updated
Traits to avoid
Pure architecture, management, or research roles without coding
Updated
Only public markets experience, no private markets background
Updated
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About this role
Hear the hiring manager describe the role's responsibilities
04:27
We are looking for a Full-Stack Engineer with 5+ years of experience to own and evolve the internal software platform that powers portfolio monitoring, fund operations, and LP reporting at Scale Venture Partners — a $2.9B AUM venture capital firm backing companies like DocuSign, HubSpot, and BILL. This is a high-autonomy IC role where you'll work directly with investors and finance teams, shipping features end-to-end with no product manager layer in between.
What will you be doing?
Own and extend Scale Studio — the in-house platform for portfolio monitoring, valuations, financials tracking, and quarterly LP reporting across 70+ portfolio companies
Build automated data ingestion tooling using AI to replace manual entry of board decks, financials, and portfolio company reporting
Develop automated error resolution tools to detect and fix discrepancies when financial numbers don't tie out
Build and maintain agentic internal tools (LLM agents, custom MCPs) that let investors query portfolio and pipeline data in plain language
Work directly with investors, finance, and IR teams as your end users — gathering feedback and translating it into shipped product on a quarterly release cycle
Key Requirements
Private markets domain knowledge — must have built software involving cap tables, ownership/dilution, valuations, portfolio monitoring, or LP reporting (experience at a fund, or companies like Carta, Standard Metrics, Aumni, Juniper Square, Chronograph, PitchBook, or similar)
Full-stack production experience — comfortable writing Python services, modeling data in PostgreSQL, and building React/TypeScript interfaces
Strong SQL and data modeling instincts — much of the work is deciding how messy private market data should be represented before any UI gets built
5+ years shipping production web applications (flexible for exceptional candidates, but not entry-level)
Hands-on IC who ships — this is not a management, architecture-only, or research role; you will code and deliver working software
Role details
Salary
$200K - $250K
Visa sponsorship details
Not open to any visas (e.g. US citizen, Green Card holders)
Hiring Count
Looking to hire 1 candidate for this role
Report to
https://www.linkedin.com/in/wmcginnis/
Hybrid work policy
1-3 days in-office in Foster City, CA or San Francisco, CA (Fridays required); open to fully remote candidates if they are ideal profile with private market experience
Full-time position
Location
Foster City, CA, San Francisco, CA, Remote (US)
Tech stack
Python, TypeScript, React, PostgreSQL, AWS, ECS, CircleCI, Sentry, SQL, LLMs, MCP, AI/Agentic Tools, Salesforce, Snowflake
What to ask candidates
Are you able to work hybrid from the Foster City or San Francisco office and come in 1-3 days per week?
What specific private markets or venture capital software experience do you have? Which companies or funds have you worked at that touch cap tables, ownership/dilution, capital calls, or LP reporting?
Can the candidate be on-site? If not, is the candidate willing to relocate?
What is their salary expectation?
How actively is this candidate exploring new opportunities?
Requirements
By tier
By category
Understand the key qualifications and domain knowledge needed
06:39
Calibrate a candidate in Parabot. to see how well they fit the requirements.
Dealbreaker
Work experience
Experience building back-office software for private markets, venture capital, or startup financials (Pitchbook, Carta, Pulley)
Updated
Built and shipped VC and private markets back office products and features: cap tables, preferences and liquidation mechanics, ownership and dilution, capital calls, valuations, portfolio monitoring, or LP reporting
Updated
Hard skills
Genuine full-stack development proficiency (Python, React, TypeScript) with strong SQL and data modeling instincts
Updated
Baseline
Seniority
5 - 8 years of experience as a full-stack engineer, building back office software for private markets, funds, or VCs
Soft skills
Experience working directly with investor teams and stakeholders. Able to translate observations into scope.
Updated
Miscellaneous
Demonstrated tenure: history of staying at an employer long enough to see the long-term outcomes of engineering decisions
Updated
Ability to work hybrid in Foster City, CA or San Francisco, CA (1-3 days/week)
Updated
Nice-to-have
Work experience
Experience at a fund's platform or technology team, or on a team serving that market
Updated
Hard skills
AWS and production ownership experience (ECS, CI, monitoring)
Updated
Experience building with LLMs in production (retrieval, evaluation, agent tooling)
Updated
Traits to avoid
Pure architecture, management, or research roles without coding
Updated
Only public markets experience, no private markets background
