Our Purpose
At Xero, we’re here to help you supercharge your business. We do this by automating routine tasks, surfacing actionable insights and connecting businesses with the right data, advisors and apps. When that happens, we’re not only making life better for small business, we’ll be building a stronger economy that can change the world.
About the Job
Xero’s Product Team works together to enhance and develop world-class accounting software that empowers small businesses, bookkeepers, and accountants. We are passionate about delivering innovative solutions that make financial management easier and more effective for our users.
The Product Engineer plays a key role at Xero and within the Product Team. You will collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to improve and build accounting software, test new features before launch, and identify opportunities to enhance management and reporting tools. Your expertise in software development, data science, or engineering will help shape the functionality and performance of our product offerings.
Our aim is to continuously enhance our software to meet the evolving needs of our users. You’ll be the kind of person who thrives on solving complex problems, is passionate about accounting technology, and is eager to drive meaningful improvements for our customers.
We are looking to add Product Engineers to our team who are detail-oriented, proactive, and committed to delivering high-quality accounting software.
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This role is a full time, in-office position in Johannesburg, South Africa.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with product managers, designers, and other engineers to improve and build accounting software features.
- Conduct rigorous testing of new software features before launch, ensuring they function correctly and meet user needs.
- Analyse data and user feedback to identify opportunities to enhance management and reporting tools.
- Work closely with the Customer Experience team to understand common customer challenges and develop effective solutions.
- Implement and refine product development workflows, ensuring efficient and scalable solutions.
- Utilise data science and engineering principles to improve the accuracy, performance, and usability of our financial software.
- Ensure all product decisions are data-driven, leveraging analytics and insights to drive enhancements.
- Support and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and innovation within the team.
Success looks like
- Delivering high-quality product enhancements that improve the user experience.
- Collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams to drive product improvements.
- Identifying and delivering meaningful enhancements to management and reporting tools.
- Ensuring new features are rigorously tested and meet performance expectations before release.
- Proactively addressing technical challenges and driving product scalability.
- Contributing to an innovative and customer-centric product development process.
What you'll bring with you
- A degree in Data Science, Engineering, Computer Science, Finance, Economics, Analytics, other Sciences or a related field.
- Strong technical skills, with experience in software development, testing, or data analysis.
- Ability to work with large datasets and extract meaningful insights for product improvements.
- A proactive mindset and a passion for improving financial technology solutions.
- Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, agile environment.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- A keen eye for detail and a commitment to delivering high-quality work.
- Familiarity with cloud-based platforms, financial software, or data-driven decision-making processes is a plus.
Why Xero?
Offering very generous paid leave to use however you’d like (plus statutory holidays!), dedicated paid leave to care for your physical and mental wellbeing as well as an Employee Assistance Program to access mental health care for you and your family, cash referral bonuses, employee resource groups, 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers, an Employee Share Plan, beautiful offices with snacks, coffee, and spaces for you to take a break, flexible working, career development, and many other benefits that reflect our human value, you’ll do the best work of your life at Xero.
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What We Do
Xero is a global small business platform with 3.95 million subscribers which includes a core accounting solution, payroll, workforce management, expenses and projects. Xero also has an extensive ecosystem of connected apps and connections to banks and other financial institutions helping small businesses access a range of solutions from within Xero’s open platform to help them run their business and manage their finances.
Why Work With Us
Xero is not like most companies. When you join Xero, you become part of something beautiful —a global community of people who are passionate about making an impact on the world. It’s a place where you can truly be yourself and find success in a way that’s meaningful to you.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Join us from home or at one of our beautiful workspaces. Xero has offices in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Singapore, and South Africa.
