Lead Engineer, Xero

API Platform

CA$173.9-217.4k

+ Eligible to participate in our annual bonus and equity (RSU) programs

Java

Xero

Senior and Expert level

Vancouver

Accounting software for small businesses

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Accounting software for small businesses

1001+ employees

FintechB2BBookkeepingSaaSAccounting

Be an early applicant

CA$173.9-217.4k

+ Eligible to participate in our annual bonus and equity (RSU) programs

Java

Xero

Senior and Expert level

Vancouver

1001+ employees

FintechB2BBookkeepingSaaSAccounting

Company mission

To make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

You bring deep expertise in backend and platform engineering at scale, particularly within multi-tenant SaaS or high-throughput environments
A background in designing external-facing APIs and SDKs means you understand how to create interfaces that are discoverable, composable, and easy for other humans to use
Proficiency in modern backend stacks like C#, Go, or Java allows you to build high-availability services and experiment with new tools when they add value
A commitment to driving and evolving best practices allows you to champion modern engineering principles, coupled with an authentic passion for coaching and mentoring other engineers
Building strong partnerships across different product and engineering domains comes naturally to you, ensuring we collaborate effectively to achieve shared goals
Your curiosity about AI and agentic architectures helps you design API contracts that are ready for the future of intelligent automation and LLM orchestration
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

You will join our new API Platform team in Vancouver, which focuses on positioning APIs as Xero’s core product surface
We work together to deliver the API pillar of our technical strategy that supports AI, mobile, and ecosystem use cases
Our current technical stack includes an open source graph technologies powered by gRPC, and backend services built in modern languages like C#, Go, or Java
We are standing up a developer platform to provide a seamless path from domain models to running APIs integrated with CI/CD and production runtimes
You will help deliver across core accounting and tax domains using the Supergraph model to consolidate our technical stack and developer experience
The team is beginning a legacy burndown to replace or front expensive back-channel endpoints with coherent, strongly-typed interfaces and stable contracts
We embrace a hybrid working model that balances the flexibility of remote work with purposeful in-person collaboration

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.

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Insights

Led by a woman

Top investors

3% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (4)

Trustpilot (4.1)

Company

Company HQ

Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington

Leadership

Sukhinder Singh Cassidy

(CEO)

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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