Xero
Online accounting software. Connects to all things business: accountants, bookkeepers, banks, enterprise & apps.
Accounting • SaaS • Banking • Invoicing • Design
1001 - 5000
Lead Engineer
September 12
🔄 Hybrid – San Francisco
Xero
Online accounting software. Connects to all things business: accountants, bookkeepers, banks, enterprise & apps.
Accounting • SaaS • Banking • Invoicing • Design
1001 - 5000
Description
• You’ll work in collaboration with other Xeros to help create and deliver beautiful software to our customers, faster. • You’ll 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. • You’ll help build and manage software that solves engineering problems at scale. • Guide technical design to ensure implementation of architecture principles and good engineering practice. • Guide the quality engineering practices for your team. • Recognize and solve for common patterns of failure in the team’s delivery practices. • Contribute to Xero's engineering standards and frameworks. • Champion automation of delivery processes and ensure deployment pipelines are fit for purpose. • Be a proactive champion of agile and delivery practices. • Participate in interviews and recruitment processes.
Requirements
• Expert in your area of specialization. • Able to experiment with new languages and tooling. • Ability to make code design decisions for all teams’ products. • Experience in auditing teams codebases, aiming to maintain high standards for security, testability, and ability to make changes easily. • Expertise in distributed systems architecture. • Ability to lead or facilitate discussions on application design. • Experience in leading discussions and implementation for scaling products to 2-10 times the number of users. • Able to ensure team products meet Xero's various engineering standards. • Experience in contributing to discussions around new standards and revisions to existing ones. • Able to act as incident coordinator in production incidents. • Experience in coaching and mentoring engineers across multiple disciplines.
Benefits
• Supportive team environment. • Opportunities for career growth and development. • Agile working conditions. • Flexible working hours.
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