Remote Lead Engineer - Platform

Description:

• Xero is focused on helping businesses by automating routine tasks and providing actionable insights.
• The Platform Elements team is a cross-functional agile infrastructure development team that builds platform products for Xero development teams.
• The team aims to enable fast, reliable, and secure software development by leveraging modern cloud computing tools and continuous integration practices.
• Sonic manages key products that allow other teams to rapidly provision and manage resources in the Cloud, primarily AWS, with plans to support Azure and GCP.
• The role involves leading from the front, providing hands-on technical leadership and mentorship, and fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• The Lead Engineer will actively write code and contribute to the codebase, addressing complex technical challenges.
• The position includes driving the technical direction and shaping the architecture for critical projects in collaboration with other lead engineers.
• The Lead Engineer will champion high standards for code quality through PR reviews and by enhancing testing, CI/CD, and security practices.

Requirements:

• The candidate must have strong technical leadership and full-stack engineering capabilities, guiding complex software projects from concept to launch.
• Significant knowledge in Terraform, state management, and pipelining tooling is required.
• Deep cloud knowledge, especially in AWS, is essential, including troubleshooting IAM and managing granular permissions.
• A strong understanding of security, including authentication and authorization languages and patterns, is necessary.
• Experience with modern product and engineering principles and practices is required.
• The candidate should have an understanding of cloud technologies and experience with CI/CD systems.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies is expected.
• Experience in writing APIs and infrastructure-as-code is necessary.

Benefits:

• Xero offers generous paid leave that can be used flexibly, in addition to statutory holidays.
• There is dedicated paid leave for physical and mental wellbeing, along with an Employee Assistance Program for mental health care for employees and their families.
• Employees receive free medical insurance and have access to wellbeing and sports programs.
• Xero supports employee resource groups and provides 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers.
• An Employee Share Plan is available, along with beautiful office spaces and flexible working arrangements.
• Career development opportunities are provided, reflecting Xero's commitment to human values and employee wellbeing.