What you'll bring with you:
- Previous tenure in a Lead Engineer / Technical Lead role, with experience delivering software solutions at scale.
- Proficiency in at least one of C#, NodeJS or React, with practical experience in building applications using any of these frameworks.
- You'll be a master of your art, well versed across the full development and implementation lifecycle.
- Proven experience in auditing teams codebases, aiming to maintain high standards for security, testability, and to make changes easily; coupled with the ability to make code design decisions for all teams’ products.
- Proven leadership in on-call practices and deep understanding of monitoring and observability tooling to proactively manage, troubleshoot, and optimise production systems at scale.
- Proven experience designing and building modern engineering stacks, ideally with hands-on experience working in AWS.
- Ability to lead and/or facilitate discussions on application design and implementation for your team's products.
- You'll come with strong leadership traits, and a proven track record of coaching and mentoring engineers across multiple disciplines, with Xero's values at heart.
- Proven skills to break down a problem into digestible chunks, including weighing up the pros and cons of a potential solution.
What you'll do:
- Stay hands-on: Dedicate at least 50% of your time to technical tasks, including code and design reviews, technical kick-offs, legacy code exploration, proof-of-concept development, and incident response.
- Lead by example: Set the technical direction for the team, mentor team members, and foster a culture of technical excellence.
- Drive innovation: Encourage experimentation and the adoption of new technologies to improve our products and processes.
- Collaborate effectively: Work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver high-quality solutions.
- Solve complex problems: Tackle challenging technical problems and find innovative solutions.
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What We Do
Xero is small business accounting software that provides a platform on which businesses can build a fully integrated solution. It’s designed to make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world. Xero minimises tedious admin by automating routine tasks, delivers valuable insights when needed, and brings together business data, trusted advisors, and powerful apps in one intuitive platform. By alleviating pain points, Xero empowers small business owners to supercharge their business, simplifying the complex and freeing up time from manual admin so they can focus on what really matters to build the business they’ve always envisaged.
Why Work With Us
Xero is a human-centric organization where you’ll have a tangible impact on the success of small businesses and their communities, globally. Our team of energised, forward-thinkers work to make life better for our customers and each other every day. We’re also always committed to supporting you with a flexible environment.
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