About Karbon
Karbon is the global leader in AI-powered practice management software for accounting firms. We provide an award-winning cloud platform that helps tens of thousands of accounting professionals work more efficiently and collaboratively every day. With customers in 40 countries, we have grown into a globally distributed team across the US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Philippines. We are well-funded, ranked #1 on G2, growing rapidly, and have a people-first culture that is recognized with Great Place To Work® certification and on Fortune magazine's Best Small Workplaces™ List.
Karbon builds practice management software used by accounting firms worldwide, with a collaborative cloud platform and customers in 34+ countries supported by a globally distributed, fast-growing team.
We’re hiring an Engineering Manager who grows high-impact teams that balance efficiency with excellence, value autonomy and creativity, and thrive in a collaborative, inclusive environment.
You will be responsible for driving delivery and people growth across two of our product focused engineering teams.
What you’ll do
- Build world-class teams: hire exceptionally, onboard well, coach growth, and set clear expectations and feedback loops.
- Raise the bar on technical excellence: clean boundaries, sound designs, high operational standards.
- Improve delivery quality & speed: reduce lead time and change failure rate; keep customer impact front and centre.
- Lead us toward Continuous Delivery (we’re not quite there yet).
- Own reliability with the team: SLOs/SLIs, observability, system health, and blameless incident reviews.
- Create autonomy with accountability: align goals and decision rights; foster strong cross-team collaboration.
- Frontend: React, TypeScript and Ember.
- Backend: .NET (C#, .NET Core, Web API) with SQL Server.
- Systems: distributed systems (messaging, event-driven, consistency).
- Previously a Senior+ IC before moving into management.
- 2+ years experience in Engineering Management.
- Proven record leading teams to improve quality and speed through technical + process change.
- Depth in distributed systems and data integrity at scale.
- Skill planning and delivering sprints with Product and Tech Leads, balancing new work, enhancements, bugs, and maintenance.
- An attitude that embraces AI and how it can be used to unlock new possibilities plus examples where you have done this yourself.
- Excellent communication across locations/time zones.
- Degree in CS or equivalent experience.
- Experience using AI technology to improve the way your teams deliver software.
- Implementation of large scale technical migrations.
- Experience transitioning towards continuous delivery.
Why Work at Karbon?
- Gain global experience across the USA, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Canada and the Philippines
- 4 weeks annual leave plus 5 extra "Karbon Days" off a year
- Flexible working environment
- Work with (and learn from) an experienced, high-performing team
- Be part of a fast-growing company that firmly believes in promoting high performers from within
- A collaborative, team-oriented culture that embraces diversity, invests in development, and provides consistent feedback
- Generous parental leave
Balance Speed and Quality
Engineers are expected to balance delivery speed with a strong commitment to quality, meeting agreed timelines while producing reliable, maintainable, and well-tested solutions. Sound judgment in making trade-offs between velocity and long-term sustainability is essential.
Collaborate Effectively
Engineering is collaborative by default. Team members are expected to contribute constructively in design discussions, reviews, and planning, communicate clearly about progress and risks, and support shared team outcomes in both hybrid and distributed environments.
Build and Maintain Systems
Engineers are responsible for building new capabilities while maintaining and improving existing systems. This includes designing scalable solutions, reducing technical debt, supporting operational stability, and contributing to continuous improvement.
Operate with Autonomy
A high degree of autonomy is expected. Given clear objectives, engineers should independently translate problems into actionable technical approaches, proactively identify improvements, and continuously expand relevant technical expertise.
Ownership and Accountability
Ownership is fundamental. Engineers are accountable for the quality, performance, and customer impact of their work from design through post-release support, and are expected to follow through on commitments.
AI-Enabled Engineering
AI is reshaping how software is built, and we are committed to leveraging it as a force multiplier for creativity, impact, and capability. Engineers are expected to confidently apply strong technical fundamentals while embracing AI tools and approaches to enhance productivity, problem-solving, and innovation. Curiosity, adaptability, and enthusiasm for integrating AI into meaningful product development are essential.
Contribute to Team Culture
Engineers contribute positively to a culture of professionalism, transparency, low bureaucracy, and mutual respect, strengthening team performance through authenticity, curiosity, and collaboration.
Please be aware that Karbon will only contact you via email from our domain, karbonhq.com. If you receive an email from any other domain, please do not click any of those links.
Karbon embraces diversity and inclusion, aligning with our values as a business. Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single criteria. If you've made it this far in the job description but your past experience doesn't perfectly align, we do encourage you to still apply. You could still be the right person for the role!
We recruit and reward people based on capability and performance. We don’t discriminate based on race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, lifestyle, age, educational background, national origin, religion, physical or cognitive ability, and other diversity dimensions that may hinder inclusion in the organization.
Generally, if you are a good person, we want to talk to you. 😛
If there are any adjustments or accommodations that we can make to assist you during the recruitment process, and your journey at Karbon, contact us at [email protected] for a confidential discussion.
At this time, we request that agency referrals are not submitted for this position. We appreciate your understanding and encourage direct applications from interested candidates. Thank you!
Skills Required
- Previously a Senior+ IC before moving into management
- 2+ years experience in Engineering Management
- Proven record leading teams to improve quality and speed through technical and process change
- Depth in distributed systems and data integrity at scale
- Skill planning and delivering sprints with Product and Tech Leads, balancing new work, enhancements, bugs, and maintenance
- An attitude that embraces AI and examples where you have applied it
- Excellent communication across locations and time zones
- Degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Experience using AI technology to improve team delivery
- Implementation of large scale technical migrations
- Experience transitioning towards continuous delivery
Karbon Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Karbon and has not been reviewed or approved by Karbon.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Compensation is described as fair and competitive, with performance-based and globally benchmarked pay. Clear salary ranges appear in postings for several roles, supporting transparency across functions and locations.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away benefits span flexible PTO or substantial annual leave that increases with tenure. Additional options include wellness days, a birthday day, and the ability to buy or sell leave.
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Parental & Family Support — Support includes generous parental leave and enhanced family leave and pay. Special leave entitlements are available for those with dependents.
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What We Do
Karbon provides a truly collaborative platform for accounting firms to manage workflows, communicate with teams and deliver exceptional client work.
