How GPs manage their funds, investors invest in startups, and capital moves between them. Backed by GV.
About the role
Nova is building the banking and payments network for private markets. This infrastructure moves money between funds and investors for subscriptions, capital calls, and distributions. Nova currently supports $1.2B+ in deposits, $100M+ in weekly transfers across six bank integrations, and ~150k verified investors. Moving large sums between funds and investors is among the highest-stakes work in private markets. Getting every transaction right is how Nova earns and keeps the trust of GPs and LPs.
What they're looking for
- 5+ years building backend or full-stack systems, including meaningful experience with backend services that other teams or users depend on
- Senior-level impact. You've owned significant systems or features from an ambiguous problem through launch and operation, and your team relies on you to get difficult work right in your area
- Strong data-modeling skills. You can model complex, evolving business domains precisely in relational databases
- Comfort working in a Ruby on Rails environment, or evidence that you'll ramp quickly. You're also comfortable with service-oriented systems, real bank and payment-rail integrations, and workflow orchestration
- Comfort working in a startup environment. You can apply the rigor required for financial infrastructure while keeping pace with a lean team that ships quickly
More about this role
Private markets are the new public markets. The most important companies of this era are private, and almost no one can own them. What's missing is the financial system public markets spent a century building: exchanges, custodians, brokers, and ways for ordinary people to buy in. Private markets, now $28T, never had the equivalent. AngelList is building it.
The last decade of structural innovation in venture happened here: syndicates, SPVs at scale, Rolling Funds, scout programs. Today we have $200B+ in assets and 30,000+ startups funded on our platform. The rest of private markets is next. Funds is the software and services behind private funds, Nova is the banking network, Meridian is the wealth platform for accredited investors, and USVC is the brand behind a registered fund that lets anyone invest in venture.
Working here means an unusual amount of agency on a problem that matters. Titles are closer to suggestions, and there are about 200 of us building what private markets never had. Come build it with us.
Nova is building the banking and payments network for private markets. This infrastructure moves money between funds and investors for subscriptions, capital calls, and...
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