Xero is a beautiful, easy-to-use cloud based platform that helps small businesses and their accounting and bookkeeping advisors grow and thrive.
Diversity of people brings diversity of thought, and that is core to driving Xero’s mission. Supporting a culture of inclusion is something we’re immensely proud of. We know that a diverse workforce is a strength that enables businesses, including ours, to better understand and serve customers, attract top talent and innovate successfully. A part of that is to support many types of flexible working arrangements that allow you to balance your work, your life and your passions. So, from the moment you begin your journey with Xero, we will constantly strive to ensure you’ll feel welcome and supported to do the best work of your life.
About the role
As a Principal Engineer at Xero, you will be a figurehead within your product portfolio, providing a shining light of engineering excellence and leadership that other engineers aspire to and want to emulate. The people around you will grow in capability and confidence by working with you!
This role is a great fit for you if you aren’t afraid of a #Challenge, with a keen eye for detail and a passion for creating #Beautiful cloud-based scalable products. You’ll be a strong communicator with the ability to influence others in a #Human way and you will take #Ownership of your product portfolio and guide your #Team to greatness.
We don't mind if you come from a background of engineering, quality, data, or any other technical discipline. We value people with a broad set of skills, who can share their wealth of knowledge with others to drive change and growth at Xero as we continue to grow.
We're looking for Engineers to help us deliver on our greatest ambitions, whilst driving the highest standards of engineering excellence.
About the team
Xero’s Connected Workplaces division offers several products that support small businesses across Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Our flagship product here is Xero Payroll, this is a critical foundation for the Connected Workplaces platform.
We have lofty ambitions on where we can go with Payroll (and in turn Connected Workplaces), with an exciting modernization piece being the first step on the journey. This role will be part of the team tasked with leading a significant change across the product portfolio.
You’ll lead software engineering excellence by:
- Coaching & mentoring our engineers to reach their full potential
- Translating architecture into a technical vision and roadmap across the domain, and assist in implementing that vision over time
- Collaborating with many other technically-minded Xeros to deliver on best engineering practices
- Ensuring the right tool/framework/technique is used for the right job
- Championing, driving, and evolving Xero’s engineering principles & practices
- Providing thought leadership and guidance on security, scalability & performance, monitoring & alerting, analytics, documentation and quality
What you'll bring with you
- Broad technical knowledge from a product environment
- Track record of developing software that is secure, performant and scalable
- A passion for coaching and mentoring engineers
- Ability to influence and lead others to a great outcome
- Capable of architecting, designing and implementing customer focused software solutions
- A curious mindset and ability to bring abstract ideas to life
Lots of great perks, some of which include:
- 4 weeks of annual leave each year, plus 10 days of Wellbeing leave and 1 day to volunteer in your community. We also have Xtra Leave (five 5 days annually), Holiday Leave (3 days over the end of year close-down), and the option to purchase up to 10 days of Lifestyle leave.
- 26 weeks parental leave payments, Xero 'top-ups' your base salary up to maximum of 100%. Available from your first day.
- Employee Share Plan - own a part of Xero!
- Full subsidised health, life, income protection and trauma insurance for all permanent employees.
- Career Development - grow and develop your skills in exciting and challenging projects using latest tech, training budgets, gain knowledge from world class engineering leaders and peers.
- Great culture and flexible working environment - hybrid and permanent remote options with modern, ergonomic, sit to stand workstations, unwind at weekly Xero socials, fresh fruit, fizzy drinks, barista quality coffee, casual dress and more.
- Check out all the employee benefits, discounts, and perks in one place with our Xero Crew app.
Flexible Working
Xero is continuing to grow and so are the opportunities to join us! You can choose to perform this role:
In one of our #beautiful offices:
- Flexibly, through a hybrid of in office and remote working styles or
- Permanently Remote from within New Zealand
At Xero we embrace diversity and inclusion and value a #challenge mindset. Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single competency or experience . If you are excited about this role, but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be just the right person for a role at Xero. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application and throughout the interview process.
