AU: Melbourne: (260 Burwood Rd) Hybrid

Xero is hiring a Principal Engineer

About the Role

This role involves setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, and leading high-impact projects that shape the architecture and reliability of cloud-native applications.

Responsibilities

  • Define and evolve system architecture for scalable, secure applications
  • Lead cross-team technical initiatives with measurable outcomes
  • Mentor engineers and promote best practices in software development
  • Drive adoption of cloud-native technologies and modern patterns
  • Collaborate with product and engineering leaders on roadmap planning
  • Evaluate and integrate emerging technologies where appropriate
  • Champion code quality, observability, and operational health
  • Influence design decisions across engineering teams
  • Solve complex performance and scalability challenges
  • Ensure alignment with security and compliance standards
  • Participate in incident response and system resilience planning
  • Contribute to technical strategy and long-term vision
  • Facilitate knowledge sharing across engineering groups
  • Promote reusability and platform thinking
  • Guide technical decision-making under uncertainty
  • Support recruitment by evaluating senior engineering talent
  • Represent engineering in cross-functional forums
  • Improve development tooling and deployment pipelines
  • Balance innovation with technical debt management
  • Foster a culture of accountability and continuous learning

Compensation

Competitive salary and performance-based incentives aligned with experience and role expectations.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model with flexibility to balance office and remote work based on team and project needs.

Team

Part of a distributed engineering organization focused on building resilient, customer-centric financial platforms.

Why This Role Matters

  • You will shape the technical foundation of products used by millions of small businesses globally.
  • Your work directly impacts system reliability, developer productivity, and long-term innovation capacity.

What We Value

  • Technical depth paired with clear communication
  • Leadership through influence and collaboration
  • Curiosity and commitment to continuous improvement
  • Focus on delivering customer value through robust engineering

Visa sponsorship may be available for qualified candidates depending on role location and business requirements.

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Xero
Xero is a cloud-based accounting software platform for small and medium-sized businesses.
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Department Engineering
Category other
Posted 24 days ago