Lead Software Engineer

Summary

Join Xero as a Lead Engineer and become a key member of a product team, acting as the focal point for technical decisions and strategic thinking. You will guide and coach the team on best practices in delivery, testing, and performance. This role offers a path to grow into a Principal Engineer or Architecture role. Xero offers multiple positions across Xero Product and Xero Platform, focusing on improving Xero software features and building critical applications and services. The company values a solid technical foundation and growth mindset over specific tech requirements. Xero provides various training and development resources, including AWS certification opportunities, and a supportive, inclusive culture.

Requirements

• Self-awareness and growth mindset
• Openness to learning from failure
• Honesty, transparency and encouraging of feedback
• Teamwork, collaboration and mentorship
• Customer and product focus
• Commitment to supporting an inclusive culture and upholding Xero’s values

Responsibilities

• Work as a key part of one of our product teams
• Be the focal point where technical decisions meet strategic thinking
• Support the team by providing guidance and coaching around what great delivery, testing and performance practices look like
• Grow into a Principal Engineer or Architecture role, as you demonstrate the ability to influence the organisation around you towards engineering excellence
• Join an inclusive cross-functional team and collaborate with Product, Design and Engineering
• Use the latest engineering and software delivery practices, at scale
• Support your growth with various training and development resources, including the opportunity to become AWS certified
• Get involved with the Xero Mentorship Program, our many communities of practice and Employee Resource Groups such as Rainbow X, Parents @ Xero, Neurodiversity @ Xero and many more

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
• Free medical insurance
• Wellbeing and sports programmes
• Employee resource groups
• 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers
• An Employee Share Plan
• Beautiful offices
• Flexible working
• Career development
• Many other benefits that reflect our human value