Team Lead - Engineering

Posted 22 Days Ago
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3 Locations
Remote or Hybrid
Senior level
Cloud • Fintech • Information Technology • Machine Learning • Software
Xero’s online accounting software connects small business owners with their numbers, their bank, and advisors anytime.
The Role
Lead a team of engineers, promote high-quality software delivery, foster growth, enhance team performance and ensure adherence to engineering standards.
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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.

How you'll make an impact

  • You’ll lead a team of engineers, supporting them in delivering high-quality, resilient software through strong engineering and delivery practices.
  • You’ll foster a healthy, sustainable working environment, ensure clear communication and feedback loops, and empower your team to grow their skills and achieve their goals.
  • Your focus will be on driving engineering excellence and supporting both team performance and individual development.

What you'll do

  • Drive effective, sustainable delivery with strong planning and technical practices.
  • Ensure product health, technical quality, and adherence to engineering standards.
  • Collaborate on roadmaps and support incident resolution and continuous improvement.
  • Coach the team to grow their skills and deliver high-quality outcomes.
  • Lead and develop a high-performing, inclusive team.
  • Support career growth, wellbeing, and team engagement.
  • Foster a culture of psychological safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  • Recruit and retain diverse talent, and organise team-building activities.

What you'll bring with you

  • Strong coaching and mentoring skills, with a focus on growth and learning.
  • High emotional intelligence, clear communication, and people leadership.
  • Proven ability to foster inclusive, values-driven team culture.
  • Solid understanding of engineering standards and modern software delivery practices.
  • Experience leading teams in Agile environments, ideally within digital product or SaaS.
  • Strong collaboration, time management, and stakeholder engagement skills.

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, private medical insurance, gym passes, employee resource groups, 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers, an Employee Share Plan, beautiful offices, flexible working, and many other benefits that reflect our human value, you’ll do the best work of your life at Xero.

Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single competency or experience . If you are excited about this role, but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be just the right person for this role and Xero. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application and throughout the interview process.

Top Skills

Agile
Digital Product Delivery
SaaS
Software Engineering Standards

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The Company
HQ: Wellington
4,700 Employees
Year Founded: 2006

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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