Staff Software Engineer

Ontra is a leader in AI-powered solutions for the private markets, automating critical workflows across the fund lifecycle. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to build AI-powered features that streamline contract negotiations and transform unstructured legal text into actionable data.

Responsibilities:

• Architect and Deliver: Set technical direction across product areas, making architectural decisions that balance near-term shipping with long-term scalability
• Own Outcomes Across Teams: Identify the highest-leverage problems, ensure the right things get built in the right order, and drive initiatives from ambiguous problem statements through to production
• Raise the Engineering Bar: Establish patterns, improve tooling, fix systemic quality issues, and use code reviews to level up other engineers
• Shape Product Direction: Partner with product and design as a technical thought partner. Bring engineering insight into what's possible, what's costly, and where technical investment unlocks new value

Requirements:

• 10+ years in software engineering with experience in MVC frameworks
• Proven experience delivering features and solutions that have a direct impact on revenue growth, savings, or operational efficiencies
• Ability to tackle complex technical problems with creativity and efficiency
• Excellent verbal and written communication across technical and non-technical team members and stakeholders
• Proficiency with coding assistant LLMs such as Cursor or Claude Code
• Experience in integrating LLMs into products for data extraction and summarization to solve business needs