Data & Analytics Engineering Lead

Karbon; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Karbon is seeking a Data & Analytics Manager in Melbourne to lead a high-performing team that balances efficiency with excellence. You will coach engineers, foster autonomy, and promote responsible AI tooling across the delivery lifecycle, collaborating with Product and Design to translate goals into actionable plans in a Scrum cadence.

You will manage a multi-million dollar product, drive platform stability, and advance engineering practices while ensuring clear communication across time zones

Responsibilities

• Coach and grow engineers through clear expectations, regular feedback, and thoughtful development plans.
• Create an environment where engineers can do focused work, collaborate effectively, and keep improving—without heroics or burnout.
• Help build a strong team culture that values autonomy, accountability, and craftsmanship.
• Help the team thoughtfully adopt AI-assisted tooling across the software delivery lifecycle to improve developer productivity and code quality.
• Lead by example in using AI tools where they add real leverage, and help engineers understand when AI accelerates work—and when human judgment matters most.
• Partner with Product and Design to translate goals into a clear plan, then guide the team through execution in a Scrum cadence (planning, delivery, review, retro).
• Manage a multi-million dollar product, growing our top and bottom line while improving platform stability
• Balance new work, enhancements, bugs, maintenance, and technical debt with sound judgment and transparent trade-offs.
• Improve delivery quality and speed over time by reducing friction, improving clarity, and continuously strengthening engineering practices.
• Champion strong development practices: code reviews that teach, testing discipline, pragmatic documentation, and maintainable implementations.
• Encourage “analytical” thinking - creatively solving data problems for our customers is at the heart of this role.
• Champion “you build it, you own it” - Deliver product while balancing technical health
• Lead blameless incident reviews focused on learning and systemic improvements.
• Improve observability and system health so the team can confidently ship and support the Core product over time. (This role may include on‑call participation in the future.)
• Collaborate effectively across Engineering, Product, Design, and Support.
• Communicate clearly across time zones and contexts—making decisions understandable and durable.

Skills

Team leadership

Data analytics

AI tooling adoption

Scrum/Agile

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring

Engineering best practices

Tools

AI tooling

Data platforms

Job description

Karbon is seeking a Data & Analytics Manager in Melbourne to lead a high-performing team that balances efficiency with excellence. You will coach engineers, foster autonomy, and promote responsible AI tooling across the delivery lifecycle, collaborating with Product and Design to translate goals into actionable plans in a Scrum cadence.

You will manage a multi-million dollar product, drive platform stability, and advance engineering practices while ensuring clear communication across time zones