Principal Engineer, Xero
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Accounting software for small businesses
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Accounting software for small businesses
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience in software engineering with a focus on system architecture and design
- Strong understanding of experimentation methodologies, including A/B testing and rapid prototyping
- Demonstrate knowledge, skills and expertise leading data platform engineering teams, driving project goals, and maintaining high standards of quality with a deep understanding of the relevant technologies (CDC, AWS, GCP), tools, and processes in their domain (e.g., software development, systems engineering)
- Share expertise and experience to connect and support the growth of a culture of continuous empathy towards our customers among your team with the ability to make architectural decisions and understand complex systems to guide teams effectively
- Attributes and motivations to grow the talent in the team by identifying skill gaps and ensuring there is a clear strategy to close those gaps (which might include upskilling, reassigning or hiring team members)
What the job involves
- Own and deliver org/company-wide multi-year, multi-team goals with technical expertise of In-depth understanding of specific technologies and engineering principles relevant(e.g., software, hardware, systems)
- Design and evaluate system architectures, ensuring scalability, reliability, and performance utilising your high-level programming skills in relevant languages, with a focus on best practices and design patterns
- This specific position will ensure a smooth integration of our recent acquisition of Syft Analytics, the leading global cloud-based reporting, insights and analytics platform for small businesses, accountants and bookkeepers to accelerate our mission to provide powerful insights
- As Principal Engineer you’ll be responsible for building global engineering teams by:
- Influencing the technical strategy of a group, often partnering closely with Heads of Engineering and/or senior product and engineering leadership to ensure the health of product development as a whole and influences the overall direction of product development
- Collaboration with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to align technical solutions with business needs. Principal Engineer helps break down silos within and across functions and influences others to reach the best outcome for Xero
- They build deep cross-functional relationships, facilitate the right conversations, and settle disagreements by managing different viewpoints
- Principal Engineer lifts team performance through goal clarity, feedback, removal of barriers, coaching and establishing a psychologically safe inclusive team culture
- They model a standard of excellence that supports a culture of high performance on their team
- They drive engineering-wide processes and define the bar for quality and best practices. They devote time to spreading knowledge widely via talks, blog posts or written documentation
- We make it beautiful: Support, develop and deliver by actively measuring, monitoring, and continuously improving the performance and reliability of applications you are responsible for
- Champion a culture of experimentation, encouraging the team to test new ideas and technologies through prototypes and proof-of-concept projects
- We make it happen: Delivery Management / Planning and Execution: Expertise in planning, executing, and monitoring projects, often using Agile or other methodologies to ensure timely delivery
- We make it human: Proactive in exploring new technologies and methodologies to improve processes and product offerings
- Collaborate and coach your team to align to Xero Engineering Standards eg: compliance and security requirements in the Path to Production Standard, front-end development requirements in the Web Application Standard
- We make it together: Strong ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders and advocate for the engineering team's needs
- This includes Cross-Functional Collaboration in working with product management, design, and other departments to ensure cohesive project alignment
Application process
- 30 minute video call with Talent Specialist to align on suitability to progress/shortlist for formal interview
- 90 minute cultural and/technical assessment to assess for value alignment, Engineering Excellence, Collaboration, Leadership, Problem Solving/Solutions /Candidate q’s
- 60 minute technical interview
- Offer/Background checks
Salary benchmarks
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 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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