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Senior Software Engineer - Product & Technology

Xero

Auckland, NZ / Hawkes Bay, NZ / Remote, NZ / Wellington, NZ

Category Finance & Accounting Jobs

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.

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! 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 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. Why Xero Offering very generous paid leave to use however youd 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, and many other benefits that reflect our human value, youll do the best work of your life at Xero.

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