Senior Engineer, Xero
Embedded Accounting
$165-181k
Cloud-based accounting software
Open for applications
Cloud-based accounting software
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$165-181k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world.
Role
Who you are
- Our ideal candidate should have a strong technical background in building sustainable and scalable platforms, with the focus on security and authentication space, having a proven track record of driving complex platform development, collaborating and influencing broader teams working around you
- If you are passionate about solving critical user problems and creating innovative solutions, this could be the perfect role for you
- 5+ years experience in platform development at scale
- 5+ years of programming experience with advanced programming languages, such as C++, C#, Go, Java or similar frameworks, C# and .Net experience is a plus. 2+ years of experience in product security, authentication, and federated identity
- Hands on experience and understanding of data security and privacy in enterprise environments
- Ability to drive system design and product experience with product management. Ability to lead or facilitate discussions on platform design
- Education in computer science or equivalent fields
- Able to experiment with new languages and tooling
- Experience in auditing team’s codebases, aiming to maintain high standards for security, testability, and ability to make changes easily
- 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 coaching and mentoring engineers across multiple disciplines
- Experience building embedded software with API and SDK is a plus
- Experience building third-party developer APIs and platforms is a plus
What the job involves
- Join our dynamic and innovative team at Xero as a Senior Software Engineer for the US Product division
- As a leader in the Small Business Accounting space, we are seeking a highly skilled and talented backend and platform focused engineer with prior experience in authentication, federated identity, authorization space, bringing your passion to build cutting edge systems and help us build the future of Xero products
- In this role, you will be a critical member of the US product’s platform team to lead Xero’s efforts to build our user management and authentication design with our external platform partners to embed accounting experience into their applications
- This is a key strategic initiative for Xero to grow sustainably in the United States
- Be a part of our growing company and make an impact on the future of our products
- You’ll work in collaboration with other Xeros to help create and deliver beautiful software to customers, faster
- You’ll model the standard for engineering excellence at Xero, supporting your team to grow their technical capability and improve development practices
- You’ll undertake software system development in our suite of products (including new ones), contributing to new or improved platforms for our customers and partners. Build for scale and high performance
- You will lead the technical design and implementation with architecture principles and good engineering practice. Work with engineering leadership and delivery teams to deliver the technical capabilities. '
- Maintain in-depth system knowledge across all system boundaries relating to the team’s components as well as hands-on development expertise
- You'll help build and manage software that solves engineering problems at scale
- You will be enabled to seek clarity with technical complexities and be able to demonstrate smart ways to simplify
- You'll be able to make data-driven decisions that will release value early to solve Xero customers' problems more effectively
- You will lead and drive product security with emphasis on authentication mechanism to establish trust communication between Xero and external partners
- You will lead with quality engineering practices for your team, identifying and resolving challenges to ensure processes and tools are optimised for their context andengineers have the required knowledge and skills
- Contribute to and champion Xero’s quality strategy and standardsYou will promote strong collaboration within a cross functional team, including design, product management. Mentor and coach junior team members
- You will be a strong contributor to the product planning and delivery
Our take
For a long time, high-quality financial services have been reserved for large-scale businesses. Xero solves this problem by giving small businesses, accountants, and bookkeepers access to best-in-class finance and accounting solutions.
Xero is one of the largest companies of its kind, with its promise to save time and effort for small business owners - who often don’t have in-house accounting teams - capturing interest and allowing the company to scale. It has a strong rival in Intuit QuickBooks, which offers similar services, but competes by being most effective for growing startups, and having an incredibly simple user experience.
A series of acquisitions and partnerships, including the purchase of Instafile in 2018, have consolidated Xero’s market share. The company continues to add new integrations, such as with Vehocheck Workshop Manager, and the 2023 launched Beautiful Business Fund that will help small businesses accelerate growth.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Top-spec MacBook or HP Z-book
- Employee Share Plan (own a part of Xero!)
- 23 days holiday plus Bank Holidays (plus an extra 3 days over the Christmas period!)
- 10 days Wellbeing Leave (for sickness, emergencies and taking a mental health break)
- Company Pension Scheme (matched contributions up to 4.5%)
- A range of wellbeing initiatives
- Remote and Flexible Working
Company HQ
Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington
Leadership
Rod Drury
(Founder)Previously Consultant at EY, Founder of Glazier System. Was CEO of AfterMail and Director at TradeMe. Also founded Pacific Fibre and was Director at NZX.
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