Engineer , Xero
CA$130-150k
Offers Equity
Accounting software for small businesses
Be an early applicant
Accounting software for small businesses
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$130-150k
Offers Equity
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'll bring hands on experience with one or more programming languages, along with the confidence to debug across a technology stack
- Practical use of AI tools to boost your own productivity and streamline how you work comes naturally to you
- A specialism in a particular area of the development stack, paired with genuine curiosity to keep learning, is part of who you are
- Test driven and trunk based development are practices you use regularly, not just concepts you know about
- Spotting application and infrastructure security risks before they become problems is something you actively look out for
- Taking part in an on call roster and sharing in the responsibility for reliable products is something you're comfortable with
- 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'll take on complex, sometimes ambiguous problems and turn them into robust, high quality software that customers can rely on. Your work will span the full lifecycle, from shaping technical solutions and writing quality code through to testing, troubleshooting and keeping systems running smoothly in production
- Every decision you make will be grounded in customer outcomes and a genuine care for doing things properly
- Beyond the code, you'll help shape how the team works. You'll share feedback with empathy, support others as they grow, and contribute ideas that improve engineering practices across the wider team. You'll also take part in an on call roster, sharing responsibility for keeping our products running around the clock
- You'll join a close knit engineering team that works across the full stack to build and maintain software our customers depend on every day. The team collaborates closely with product, design and other engineering groups, sharing knowledge freely and holding each other to a high standard of quality. Decisions are made together, with a strong bias towards clarity and getting the right things done quickly
- Strengthening the reliability and scalability of our cloud based infrastructure
- Improving engineering practices and developer efficiency across the team
- Exploring practical ways to use AI tools to streamline everyday engineering work
- Building and maintaining APIs and services that support our wider product ecosystem
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
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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