Lead Engineer

Summary

Join Xero and contribute to the creation and delivery of beautiful software for our customers. Collaborate with a team of engineers to build and manage software at scale, focusing on solving engineering problems and improving development practices. You will contribute to the technical direction of the product group, identifying technical gaps and promoting capability growth. This role involves software application development, working with various technologies, and mentoring other engineers. You will model engineering excellence and help your team grow their technical capabilities. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Have experience in the tech we use C#/.NET, React, SQL Server, and AWS
• Be able to experiment with new languages and tooling
• Be able to make code design decisions for all teams’ products
• Have experience in auditing teams codebases, aiming to maintain high standards for security, testability, and ability to make changes easily
• Have expertise in distributed systems architecture
• Be able to lead or facilitate discussions on application design
• Have experience in leading discussions and implementation for scaling products to 2-10 times the number of users
• Be able to ensure team products meet Xero's various engineering standards
• Have experience in contributing to discussions around new standards and revisions to existing ones
• Be able to act as incident coordinator in production incidents
• Have experience in coaching and mentoring engineers across multiple disciplines

Responsibilities

• Live Xero’s vision and values - Keeps Xero’s vision and values at the forefront of decision-making and leadership. Communicates and helps others understand the importance of the vision and values. Translates the vision and values into day-to-day activities and behaviours
• Communicate complex ideas skilfully and with nuance, and establish alignment within the wider organisation. Maintain awareness and understanding of the team's vision and strategy to help make better technical decisions
• Build and maintain trust and credibility with a wide range of internal stakeholders, and supporting teams from across Xero
• Lead teams to innovate and deliver technology and solve customer problems through software
• Role model best practice mentoring and coaching, encourage others to mentor each other and create ways for them to do so
• Undertake software application development on applications in our suite of products (including new ones), contributing to new or improved experiences for our customers, internal and external
• Contribute to the technical direction of the product group, helping grow our cross functional environment by identifying technical gaps, promoting capability growth, and championing & demonstrating modern principles and practices
• Help build and manage software that solves engineering problems at scale
• Seek clarity with technical complexities and be able to demonstrate smart ways to simplify
• Make data-driven decisions that will release value early to solve Xero customers' problems more effectively

Benefits

• Offering very generous paid leave to use however you’d like (plus statutory holidays!)
• Dedicated paid leave to care for your physical and mental wellbeing as well as an Employee Assistance Program to access mental health care for you and your family
• Private medical insurance
• Gym passes
• Employee resource groups
• 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers
• An Employee Share Plan
• Beautiful offices
• Flexible working