<div>About Ontra Ontra is the leader in AI-powered solutions for the private markets. Powered by industry-leading AI, data from over 2 million contracts, and a global network of legal professionals, Ontra automates critical private market workflows across the fund lifecycle. Ontra’s solutions transform unstructured data trapped in static documents into actionable intelligence, enabling firms to accelerate contracts, streamline compliance, and automate entity management. Trusted by more than 1,000 global GPs, investment banks, law firms, and advisors – including nine of the top ten PEI-ranked firms worldwide – Ontra helps firms focus on what’s important. Our Culture Ontra is a remote-first company that values the power of connection. We find innovative ways to stay connected, both virtually and in person. By promoting ownership, inspiring creativity, and championing collaboration, Ontra enables you to shape your impact and growth. Our commitment to innovation extends beyond our technology; it’s embedded in our culture, and AI plays a crucial role in everything we do. Our culture is one where belonging is the cornerstone of every interaction, rooted in acceptance and respect for all. Our commitment to inclusion begins at the application process, ensuring a fair and equitable hiring experience that values the unique contributions you bring from day one. <hr /></div>About the Role Ontra is seeking a Staff Software Engineer reporting to our Director of Engineering. To foster team connection and collaboration, this role requires being present in either our Santa Barbara or San Francisco office up to once per quarter for team meetings and off-sites. As such, we are only considering candidates who are currently based in California. This role is a great opportunity for someone who is passionate about tackling complex technical challenges, architecting robust and scalable systems, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. This position is ideal for those who enjoy driving project direction and fostering an environment of continuous improvement. This person will be instrumental in designing resilient and scalable systems that underpin multiple product lines and internal processes. This includes architecting APIs, data models, and infrastructure to be consumed by various teams across the organization. A successful hire will also be involved in ensuring the reliability, performance, and maintainability of these critical shared services. If you have a passion for innovation and want to contribute to a culture of learning and growth while solving large-scale technical issues, we’d love to get to know you! What You’ll Do <ul> <li>Exploration: Play a crucial role in helping Ontra explore and prototype solutions.   Contribute to discovering new solutions to problems.</li> <li>Contribute to Engineering Culture: Provide engineering prospective and help set engineering best practices.</li> <li>Set Technical Direction:  Speak for Ontras technology and engineering culture. Take a long term and pragmatic view of technological progress and how to maintain Ontras technology stack.</li> <li>Be The Glue: Help teams by doing the invisible and unneeded tasks needed to effectively ship software and proactively spot risks.</li> </ul> What You’ll Bring <ul> <li>Expertise: 10+ years in software engineering, 6+ years developing in Ruby on Rails, and 3+ years with React.</li> <li>Results-driven approach: Proven experience delivering features and solutions that have a direct impact on revenue growth, savings, or operational efficiencies.</li> <li>Problem Solving Skills: Ability to tackle complex technical problems with creativity and efficiency.</li> <li>Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication across technical and non-technical team members and stakeholders.</li> </ul><div><div><div><hr /> Pay Transparency Ontra takes individual candidate location, experience, and skills into consideration when determining compensation. The base pay range is listed below. Some positions may be eligible for additional compensation, such as commission, variable compensation, profits interest units, or other equity-based compensation, which are not included in the below base pay range. If you are selected to participate in our interview process, your Talent Acquisition Partner will share more details about the total compensation package for the role.</div><div>Base Pay Range</div><div>$200,000—$300,000 USD</div></div></div><div>Hiring Locations We currently hire exclusively in the locations listed below. Select jobs may have more specific location requirements due to business needs. United States Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington  APAC Hong Kong EMEA United Kingdom Benefits Snapshot <ul> <li>Remote-first working policy, with office hubs in SF, NYC, Santa Barbara, and London</li> <li>Twice yearly team offsites for in-person collaboration</li> <li>Paid flexible time off policy</li> <li>Paid parental leave and benefits</li> <li>Employer-supported retirement contributions, varying by country</li> <li>Monthly phone and internet reimbursement</li> <li>Company-sponsored LinkedIn Learning accounts, department budgets for professional development, and robust onboarding program</li> <li>Various options for medical, dental, and vision insurance</li> </ul> Travel Occasional travel is required for Ontra employees, including typically at least twice per year to attend team and larger group off-sites for in-person collaboration. For some roles, additional travel may be required based on the requirements of the role and business need. Inclusivity Ontra is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Ontra will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact people@ontra.ai.  Personnel Privacy Notice: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1SymscFAF3rkTcp-77oQtpIVaPwzBgc0X/view" target="_blank">View here.</a> Note on Employment Verification: All employees hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in their particular location. Note to External Agencies: We are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/CVs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to Ontra will NOT be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place. #BI-Remote #LI-Remote  </div>

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