At Xero, the purpose is to help businesses by automating routine tasks, providing actionable insights, and connecting them with the right data, advisors, and apps.
The Lead Engineer will collaborate with other team members to create and deliver high-quality software to customers more efficiently.
This role involves modeling engineering excellence, supporting team growth in technical capabilities, and improving development practices.
Responsibilities include software application development for various products, contributing to enhanced customer experiences, and guiding the technical direction of the product group.
The Lead Engineer will identify technical gaps, promote capability growth, and advocate for modern engineering principles and practices.
The position requires building and managing software solutions that address engineering challenges at scale, simplifying technical complexities, and making data-driven decisions to provide value to customers.
Requirements:
Candidates must have experience with C#/.NET, React, SQL Server, and AWS technologies.
The ability to experiment with new programming languages and tools is essential.
Applicants should be capable of making code design decisions for all team products.
Experience in auditing codebases to maintain high standards for security, testability, and ease of modification is required.
Expertise in distributed systems architecture is necessary.
Candidates should be able to lead or facilitate discussions regarding application design.
Experience in scaling products to accommodate 2-10 times the number of users is important.
The ability to ensure that team products meet Xero's engineering standards is required.
Experience in contributing to discussions about new standards and revisions to existing ones is necessary.
Candidates must be able to act as an incident coordinator during production incidents.
Experience in coaching and mentoring engineers across various disciplines is essential.
Benefits:
Xero offers very generous paid leave that can be used at the employee's discretion, in addition to statutory holidays.
There is dedicated paid leave for physical and mental wellbeing, along with an Employee Assistance Program for mental health support for employees and their families.
Employees receive private medical insurance and gym passes.
Xero provides access to employee resource groups and 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers.
An Employee Share Plan is available to employees.
The company boasts beautiful office spaces and offers flexible working arrangements.
These benefits reflect Xero's commitment to valuing its employees and supporting them in doing their best work.
