Senior Engineer

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 magazines Best Small Workplaces List.

Our Engineering Standards

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.

About the Role

Youll design and deliver scalable high-impact solutions across and modern JavaScript stack. Youll work on complex real-world problems where performance reliability and maintainability matter. Youll influence technical direction elevate engineering standards and help shape how we build as we scale.

AI is reshaping how software gets built and were leaning in. We see AI as a force multiplier for strong engineers. If youre excited to combine solid fundamentals with modern AI tooling to move faster and think bigger youll thrive here.

What Youll Own:

• Architecting and delivering scalable services using C# .NET (Core MVC Web API) and SQL Server.
  
  
• Building modern responsive applications using TypeScript and React (React Native a plus).
  
  
• Driving high engineering standards across testing observability performance and security.
  
  
• Leading technical design discussions and influencing architectural decisions.
  
  
• Identifying and reducing technical debt while improving system resilience and scalability.
  
  
• Mentoring engineers and raising the overall capability of the team.

What Sets You Apart!

• 5-8 years of professional software engineering experience with significant experience delivering enterprise-grade systems.
  
  
• Strong expertise in C# (Core MVC Web API) within layered or service-oriented architectures.
  
  
• 3-5 years working with SQL Server including performance tuning indexing strategies query optimization and data modeling for large datasets.
  
  
• Hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure including services such as App Services Azure Functions Azure SQL Service Bus Storage Accounts and Key Vault..
  
  
• Experience building and maintaining secure compliant enterprise-scale systems including authentication/authorization (OAuth OpenID Connect Azure AD).
  
  
• Familiarity with microservices or modular monolith architectures in regulated or large organizational environments.
  
  
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines (Github Actions preferred) and infrastructure-as-code practices such as ARM templates or Terraform.
  
  
• Experience implementing monitoring logging and observability using tools such as Datadog Elastic or Application Insights.
  
  
• Solid understanding of software architecture scalability and distributed system design within structured enterprise ecosystems.
  
  
• Experience collaborating across large cross-functional teams with formal SDLC processes.

Our Core Technology Stack!

We build modern scalable software on a thoughtfully designed stack:

• Frontend: TypeScript and JavaScript across Ember (today) React and React Native.
• Backend: .NET / C# (Web Core) powering distributed services.
• Data: SQL Server with performance and integrity at scale.
• Cloud: Microsoft Azure.
• Observability: Metrics logging alerting and dashboards in Datadog because we believe you cant improve what you dont measure.

Our architecture continues to evolve as we scale. We invest in event-driven systems well-defined microservices and containerized deployments (Azure Container Apps) to build resilient decoupled and high-performing software.

If you care about clean service boundaries reliable systems and shipping with confidence youll feel right at home here.

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

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 youve made it this far in the job description but your past experience doesnt 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 dont 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 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!