Engineering Manager, Xero
CA$175-203k
Permanent employees are eligible to participate in our annual bonus and equity (RSU) programs
Accounting software for small businesses
Be an early applicant
Accounting software for small businesses
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$175-203k
Permanent employees are eligible to participate in our annual bonus and equity (RSU) programs
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world.
Role
Who you are
- You bring proven experience managing software development teams and a track record of building a healthy, inclusive team culture
- A thorough understanding of modern software development practices, agile delivery, system architecture and incident management is part of your toolkit
- Your collaborative approach allows you to work seamlessly with product, design and cross-functional stakeholders to plan, roadmap and proactively solve complex engineering problems
- Possessing strong communication skills helps you navigate conflict openly, ensuring you can comfortably push back when necessary to shield your team from competing priorities
- Having a growth mindset means you excel at coaching and mentoring others, empowering your team to make decentralized decisions while maintaining accountability
- Technical familiarity with high-scale products, fintech, .NET or React helps you review technical strategy, designs and architectural trade-offs effectively
- Apply even if your experience isn't a perfect match! At Xero, we hire based on your skills, passion, and the unique perspective you can bring to enhance our culture and team
What the job involves
- The Engineering Manager leads, grows and manages a team of engineers building software for new or improved features in Xero's products and its associated service delivery systems
- Serving as a leader of individual contributors and technical leads, you act as a coach and advisor to your direct reports, cultivating a high-performance environment by providing guidance, building talent and aligning everyone with Xero's strategic objectives
- You champion processes and practices that enable engineers to get great work done safely, while supporting and growing the next generation of technical talent
- By fostering a culture of continuous empathy towards customers, you ensure your team delivers better quality software faster to make a measurable impact on the overall product vision
- You own the hiring process for your group, identify skill gaps and empower your team to make fast, decentralized decisions that reduce delays and enable innovative solutions
- Your focus remains on keeping the team unblocked and accelerated in their adoption of modern engineering practices while consistently meeting service level objectives and security standards
- You embrace and push for new technology and processes, such as artificial intelligence, to drive efficiency and stay at the forefront of engineering excellence
- You will lead the Bills team, a large team based in Toronto that owns the core Accounts Payable product area for Xero. This team manages critical workflows like Bills, Credit Notes and Spend Documents that handle millions of daily visits
- The team operates with a highly collaborative, cross-functional approach, partnering closely with design and product disciplines to carve out future roadmaps and solve real customer problems
- Managing the technical vision, operational health and product delivery for all of Accounts Payable using a tech stack built on .NET core and React
- Mentoring Junior and Senior engineers in their careers and performance development
- Coordinating cross-team dependencies and navigating occasional collaborative alignment with southern teams
- Building out automated and prediction workflows with the help of artificial intelligence to supercharge small business efficiency
- Fostering a positive team culture, driving AI adoption, and encouraging active contribution to internal engineering Communities of Practice
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
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Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington
Leadership
Prior to Xero, she founded Boardlist and Joyus. She also served as the CEO of Polyvore and as a President of Asia Pacific and Latin America Operations at Google.
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