Senior Engineering Manager, Xplor
$104-160k
Platform combining SaaS with embedded payments
Be an early applicant
Platform combining SaaS with embedded payments
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$104-160k
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help businesses succeed by giving them the software, payments and commerce-accelerating technologies they need to thrive.
Role
Who you are
- 10+ years of experience in software development with 3+ years managing engineering teams
- Proven experience modernizing legacy software into modern web and mobile applications
- Strong expertise in .NET, cloud-native development, and microservice architecture
- Experience working with mobile frameworks like React Native is highly preferred
- Solid understanding of performance optimization, observability, and system architecture
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Experience leading distributed teams across time zones
Desirable
- Experience with software for retail or service-oriented small businesses (dry cleaning, laundry, salons, etc.)
- Familiarity with POS integrations, inventory systems, or scheduling platforms
- Background in SaaS development with a focus on customer retention and operational efficiency
- Exposure to NoSQL databases and modern front-end technologies
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to lead the Personal Services engineering team through its next phase of growth and modernization
- You will oversee product development, manage geographically distributed teams, and play a critical role in transforming a legacy system into a scalable, modern platform
- This role combines strategic thinking, technical expertise, and people leadership
- Lead and grow multiple engineering pods, including backend, frontend, QA, and mobile developers
- Drive sprint planning, delivery execution, and cross-functional collaboration with product teams
- Ensure reliability and performance of the platform while managing ongoing feature development
- Guide the transition from legacy systems to modern technologies (.NET, microservices, React Native, etc.)
- Partner with architects to define scalable, secure, and maintainable solutions
- Help replatform outdated components with a long-term view of technical debt reduction
- Mentor and coach engineers and tech leads; build a strong bench of future leaders
- Create a culture of ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement
- Promote team alignment across geographies, especially between US and India-based teams
- Implement best practices in software development, testing, CI/CD, and observability
- Own defect tracking, incident response, and ongoing technical quality metrics
- Collaborate with QA and support teams to reduce regressions and improve release reliability
Our take
Xplor Technologies is a software solutions company providing businesses with a suite of tech products and platforms across a variety of industries. Xplor’s USP is its versatility, serving technology sectors including eCommerce payments, as well as child education and play-oriented businesses, and wellness and fitness centres.
Founded in Australia, Xplor now has an international reach and was acquired by TSG in 2019. Its ever-growing number of tech solutions has seen it partner with the US national governing body of weightlifting, the International Sports Science Association, Australian child education charity The Smith Family, and international gym companies through its Xplor Gym solution.
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Insights
4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Unparalleled opportunities to learn and accelerated career development
- A collaborative, team environment with people who truly love what they do
- 12 weeks Gender Neutral Paid Parental Leave for both primary and secondary carer
- Unlimited access to Udemy for Business, 10% of your time devoted to growing you and your career, and further support to help you grow
- Access to mental health support
- Fully flexible work arrangements
Company HQ
CBD, Melbourne, VIC
Leadership
Pamela Joseph
(CEO & Executive Chair)As one of Elavon’s earliest employees, they helped oversee the company from a start-up through its many stages of growth. This included its IPO and its acquisition by Bancorp, where they remained as Vice Chair of the payments division.
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