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.

Our tech

- Frontend: React, TypeScript and Ember .
- Backend: .NET (C#, .NET Core, Web API) with SQL Server.
- Systems: distributed systems (messaging, event-driven, consistency).

What you’ll bring (must-haves)

- 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 recent possibilities plus examples where you have done this yourself.
- Excellent communication across locations/time zones.
- Degree in CS or equivalent experience .

Nice to have

- Experience using AI technology to improve the way your teams deliver software.
- Implementation of large scale technical migrations.

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📌 Engineering Manager - Karbon (Sydney)
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📍 Sydney