Associate Software 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 contribute to building reliable high-quality software across and modern JavaScript stack. Working alongside experienced engineers designers and product managers youll help deliver new product capabilities while maintaining and improving existing systems.

This is a role designed for engineers early in their careers who want to grow quickly by working on real production systems. Youll develop strong engineering fundamentals learn modern development practices and gain experience across the full software development lifecycle.

• Contributing to the development of web applications using C# .NET (Core MVC Web API) and SQL Server.
• Building modern responsive user interfaces using JavaScript and TypeScript with exposure to frameworks such as React.
• Collaborating with engineers designers and product managers to design build test and release product features.
• Writing clean maintainable code that meets engineering standards for performance reliability and security.
• Working with quality assurance teams to identify troubleshoot and resolve issues during development and testing.
• Learning and applying engineering best practices across testing observability and system reliability.
• Using AI-assisted development tools to support coding debugging documentation and learning while maintaining code quality and correctness.
• Continuously building your technical knowledge and contributing ideas that improve our products and engineering practices.

This position description is intended merely as a guideline of the responsibilities involved in the position. The employee is expected to perform any other duties as reasonably required by their Manager.

What Sets You Apart

• 12 years of professional software development experience including internships co-op placements or relevant project work.
• Foundational knowledge of web development technologies including HTML CSS and JavaScript.
• Exposure to modern programming languages or frameworks such as C# .NET React or similar technologies.
• Basic understanding of software development concepts such as APIs databases version control and debugging.
• Strong curiosity for learning new technologies and improving engineering skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively within a team and communicate effectively in a distributed environment.
• Curiosity about emerging technologies including AI-assisted development tools.
• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Software Engineering or equivalent practical experience.
• Ideal for engineers who are eager to learn motivated to build great software and excited to grow alongside experienced teammates.

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!