Engineering Manager, Xero
CA$188-236k
+ Eligible to participate in our annual bonus and equity (RSU) programs
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Accounting software for small businesses
Open for applications
Accounting software for small businesses
1001+ employees
Open for applications
CA$188-236k
+ Eligible to participate in our annual bonus and equity (RSU) programs
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
- You bring a strong background in systems design and scaling, ideally gained within high-scale cloud, platform, or monitoring organizations
- An aptitude for AI tooling and a passion for staying ahead of modern technological trends comes naturally to you
- Your inclusive leadership style allows you to listen to, learn from, and build alongside a senior team before introducing major changes
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills help you clear roadblocks, manage external pressures, and communicate delivery timelines predictably
- You possess proven technical depth, allowing you to confidently audit complex technical work and maintain system health without micromanaging
- A proactive approach to delivery planning helps you bring structure, better estimation practices, and alignment to distributed engineering groups
- 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 step into a foundational leadership position designed to spearhead a cultural renewal and drive a pivotal technological transition for a distributed engineering team. As the founding leader for our new Vancouver hub, you will guide a talented group of engineers, moving away from isolated work streams towards a predictable, well-planned delivery cadence
- Your focus will be on improving team planning, estimation, and communication, ensuring the technical roadmap is executed smoothly while maintaining high quality
- Your technical impact will center on supporting a company-wide transition from legacy Microsoft SQL Server environment to modern, open-source solutions. You will take ownership of building internal compliance and observability tools that empower product teams across the business to independently manage and operate their databases
- By shielding your team from external pressures and resolving critical dependencies, you will create an environment where engineering excellence can thrive at scale
- The team consists of nine engineers, including one lead, five senior engineers, and three regular developers who collaborate across different disciplines. While some team members focus on database administration and consulting, others drive the design and development of our core tooling platforms
- Supporting the Migrating core services away from legacy Microsoft SQL Server technologies over to Aurora Postgres and DynamoDB
- Constructing and scaling internal compliance and observability tools to enable decentralized database ownership for product teams
- Utilising AI technologies to gather and surface intelligent insights to product teams to allow them to confidently own and evolve their databases"
- Establishing fresh team processes, refining sprint estimation, and establishing a unified, collaborative culture following recent turnover
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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