Lead Software Engineer - Product & Technology Wellington, NZ / Hawkes Bay, NZ / Remote, NZ / Auckland, NZ Technology Engineering / Permanent / Hybrid Apply for this job Our Purpose At Xero, were here to help you supercharge your business. We do this by automating routine tasks, surfacing actionable insights and connecting businesses with the right data, advisors and apps. When that happens, were not only making life better for small business, well be building a stronger economy that can change the world.

What's the role? As a Lead Engineer at Xero, you will be working as a key part of one of our product teams. It is a hands on, on the tools role and youll be the focal point where technical decisions meet strategic thinking. Day to day, you'll support the team by providing guidance and coaching around what great delivery, testing and performance practices look like.

These roles will also enable you to grow into a Principal Engineer or Architecture role, as you demonstrate the ability to influence the organisation around you towards engineering excellence. Engineering @ Xero We're hiring for multiple positions across Xero, with a focus on two key areas: Xero Product , where you will work to continuously improve the features of Xero software; Xero Platform , where you'll build and maintain critical applications and services consumed by teams throughout Xero globally. We believe that a solid technical foundation and strong growth mindset are the keys to success in Software Engineering.

You wont find a long list of must-have tech requirements below! While you dont have to have worked with our tech stack previously, what is important is that you have relevant experience that will help you get started quickly, and you are happy to learn as you go. Generally, if a team is creating a new code base, it may look like the following: A microservice, written in C# on .NET Utilising a variety of AWS services Running in a Docker container, orchestrated by Kubernetes Accessed by SPA written in React with TypeScript Deployed with an automated CI/CD pipeline Monitored by industry leading monitoring, alerting, tracing, and logging tools What we look for in a Xero Engineer: 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 Xeros values Life @ Xero As an engineer at Xero, youll be joining us on our mission to be one of the most sustainably excellent software engineering companies in the world! Youll have exposure to a variety of complex challenges at a global scale, whether its linking payments to different global markets, working on our world-renowned third party ecosystem or delivering solutions to small businesses around the world.

At Xero you will Join an inclusive cross-functional team and collaborate with Product, Design and Engineering. Use the latest engine.