Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Senior Engineer role sits squarely in the core of SaaS product delivery: building and evolving interactive web applications in close partnership with product and design. The remit spans specification, implementation, deployment, and production support, which reflects the end to end accountability common in mature SaaS teams where reliability and iteration speed both matter.
For a long term SaaS career, the work offers exposure to the operational realities that differentiate subscription software from one off releases. Regular collaboration with QA, customer support, and API users builds intuition for quality gates, incident response, and backward compatible change, all of which translate well across SaaS companies. The emphasis on scalable systems, architecture, and cloud experience also aligns with the technical foundations needed as products grow in usage and surface area.
This is best suited to an engineer who enjoys partnering across functions, documenting decisions through clear specifications, and treating production issues as part of the craft rather than interruptions. It fits someone at a senior individual contributor stage who can guide development practices and help others deliver, while still staying close to hands on building and debugging.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
Karbon is looking for a Senior Engineer to join our team in Canberra or Sydney. This person will work with designers, product managers, developers/development managers, and the CTO to design and build interactive web applications. They will be responsible for technical specifications, developing, and deploying software.
About the Role
As a Senior Engineer, you will...
- Assist product owners and designers with the design, prototyping, and preparation of software specifications and interaction designs for product features
- Assist with the preparation of test plans for the purpose of QA testing software deliverables
- Work closely with the QA team to resolve issues raised by testing throughout the development cycle
- Provide timely responses and bug fixes to issues identified during development testing and production support
- Provide assistance to Customer Support teams handling Karbon's public API
- Develop robust, high-quality software that meets the requirements of the agreed specifications and complies with Karbon's formal and informal development team procedures and standards
- Maintain current knowledge of development technologies used in Karbon software applications, and identify and promote opportunities to extend and enhance the use of these technologies
- Provide guidance and insight on development methodologies and techniques
- Ensure that other members of the development team are appropriately tasked and meeting their potential in terms of productivity and professional development
- Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with the development team and the wider organisation
About You!
Candidates with the following characteristics and experience are encouraged to apply:
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science (or relevant industry experience)
- 3+ years of experience developing consumer-facing SaaS products
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with an international, distributed team
- Passionate about all things web-related and developing consumer facing software that is used globally
- Ability and willingness to go the extra mile and to take pride and ownership of your work
- Deep understanding of scalable computing systems, software architecture, data structures, and algorithms
- Knowledge of network, distributed, asynchronous, and concurrent programming
- Knowledge of professional software engineering best practices for the full software development lifecycle
- Proficiency with C#, SQL Server, and .Net (.Net Core, MVC, WCF, and Web API a plus)
- Prior experience with Azure Cloud Platform a plus
- JavaScript/TypeScript experience a plus
Why Work at Karbon?
- Gain global experience across USA, New Zealand, UK, and Canada
- 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
AI is reshaping how software gets built, and at Karbon we’re fully committed. We don’t see AI as a replacement for engineers. We see it as a force multiplier that will elevate creativity, impact and capability to levels we’ve barely begun to imagine. We’re looking for developers who are confident in their fundamentals, driven to grow, and excited to harness AI to build something meaningful. If you’re energized by this future rather than cautious of it, you’ll feel right at home here.
