Senior QA Engineer

About Karbon

Karbon is the global leader in practice management software for growth-minded accounting firms. We provide an award-winning, highly collaborative cloud platform that streamlines work and communication, enabling the average accounting firm using Karbon to save 16 hours per week, per employee.

We have customers in 34 countries and have grown into a globally distributed team, with our people based throughout the US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Philippines. We are well-funded, ranked #1 on G2, have a fantastic team culture built on our values, are growing rapidly, and making a global impact.

Seeking quality engineers skilled in balancing efficiency and excellence. Ideal candidates thrive in teamwork, innovate, and maintain products while valuing autonomy and creativity. We prioritize ownership and impact, welcoming diversity, passion, and authenticity in a collaborative, sincere environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Take Ownership of Quality—Quality is a collective responsibility, but you, as a Quality Engineer, are pivotal in identifying issues and leading their resolution. You have the courage to uphold quality standards, even when they might be overlooked by others. Beyond testing and validating, you lead by example, educating engineers on best practices and maintaining the highest quality standards. Your role is to ensure that excellence is a shared value across the team.
• Balance Quality and Efficiency—You skillfully balance high quality with the necessity to meet deadlines. You discern when rigorous testing is essential and when efficiency must prevail for timely outcomes. You manage these priorities with a keen eye for detail and a commitment to excellence.
• Collaborate Effectively Within the Team—Quality assurance thrives on teamwork and mutual support. In our team-focused environment, whether working remotely or in the office, your contributions are valuable. You are ready to enhance our exceptional team, dedicating your skills towards our shared goals.
• Ensure Quality and Reliability—Your role is vital in maintaining the quality and reliability of both new and existing products. You value rigorous refinement of established technologies and the assurance of new innovations. Your dedication to safeguarding and advancing product quality is key.
• Embrace Autonomy and Curiosity—Your inherent curiosity drives you to tackle challenges and explore new domains. With autonomy, you approach problems with innovative solutions, guided rather than directed, engaging fully and creatively in your work.
• Contribute Your Passion and Personality—Your creativity, curiosity, and authenticity strengthen our team. If you’ve navigated politically charged workplaces, you'll find our culture of openness, authenticity, and absence of office politics refreshing.

Qualifications

• At Karbon we use Cypress for our e2e automation framework. Seeking candidates that have experience with Cypress or other test automation frameworks such as TestCafe, Playwright, webdriver.io or similar.
• Any candidates with experience in C#, Typescript or any other object oriented programming languages is considered a plus.
• Candidates with API testing experience
• We are seeking a problem solver who is passionate about testing and excels at coaching others. This individual should lead by example, guiding engineers in analyzing complex user requirements and honing their skills in spotting bugs during exploratory testing to ensure a great user experience for our customers.
• Has the ability to coach others in creating test strategies, test plans, and detailed test cases. This individual should empower the team by guiding and facilitating testing activities such as mob testing and testing parties.
• Strong communication skills are essential for our international, multi-locational team dynamics.
• Familiarity with the full software development life cycle and quality engineering best practices is required.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience is needed.

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 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 people.support@karbonhq.com 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!