Site Reliability Engineer, Xero
Chaos Engineering
$185-201.7k
Office located in San Mateo, CA
Cloud-based accounting software
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Cloud-based accounting software
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$185-201.7k
Office located in San Mateo, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world.
Role
Who you are
- Proficient in programming languages such as Python, Go, Java, C#, C+, .NET for automation and tool development
- Experienced in using chaos engineering tools like Gremlin, Chaos Monkey or Litmus
- Excellent analytical skills to assess system performance and identify weaknesses
- Effective communication skills to collaborate with cross-functional teams and convey complex concepts
- Leadership abilities to drive chaos engineering initiatives and foster a culture of resilience
- Knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP) and container orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes)
- Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools to track system health and performance metrics
What the job involves
- The Xero Chaos Engineering Team is a part of the Site Reliability Engineering organization and is responsible for constantly tuning the operational readiness and efficiency of Xero services
- The team is responsible for driving enduring reliability at Xero and is focused on improving system resilience by intentionally introducing controlled disruptions of failures into a system to identify weaknesses and vulnerabilities in both pre-production and production environments. The goal is to identify weaknesses before they become outages
- The Chaos Engineering Team is responsible for designing and implementing chaos experiments to identify weaknesses in system architecture and improve overall reliability
- The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop strategies that enhance system resilience and ensure optimal performance in production environments
- You will design and build a failure mode and chaos engineering environment that allows for repeatable and scalable testing to be carried out within Xero
- You will design and execute chaos experiments to simulate various failure scenarios
- Develop and maintain chaos engineering frameworks and tools
- Collaborate with development and operations teams to implement improvements based on experiment results
- Monitor system health and performance metrics to assess the impact of chaos experiments
- Educate team members on chaos engineering principles and best practices
- Analyze system behavior during experiments and document findings
- Continuously improve chaos engineering process and methodologies
Application process
- Xero offers employment based on the satisfactory completion of relevant background checks, which may include a credit and criminal history check
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 benefits
- Top-spec MacBook or HP Z-book
- Employee Share Plan (own a part of Xero!)
- 23 days holiday plus Bank Holidays (plus an extra 3 days over the Christmas period!)
- 10 days Wellbeing Leave (for sickness, emergencies and taking a mental health break)
- Company Pension Scheme (matched contributions up to 4.5%)
- A range of wellbeing initiatives
- Remote and Flexible Working
Company HQ
Te Aro, Wellington, Wellington
Leadership
Rod Drury
(Founder)Previously Consultant at EY, Founder of Glazier System. Was CEO of AfterMail and Director at TradeMe. Also founded Pacific Fibre and was Director at NZX.
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