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.
Engineering @ Xero
We're hiring for multiple positions across Xero, with a focus on two key
areas: Xero Product, where you will work to continuously improve
the features of Xero software; Xero Platform, where you'll build
and maintain critical applications and services consumed by teams
throughout Xero globally.
We believe that a solid technical foundation and strong growth mindset are
the keys to success in Software Engineering. You won’t find a long list
of must-have tech requirements below!
While you don’t have to have worked with our tech stack previously, what
is important is that you have relevant experience that will help you get
started quickly, and you are happy to learn as you go.
Generally, if a team is creating a new code base, it may look like the
following:
• A microservice, written in C# on .NET
• Utilising a variety of AWS services
• Running in a Docker container, orchestrated by Kubernetes
• Accessed by SPA written in React with TypeScript
• Deployed with an automated CI/CD pipeline
• Monitored by industry leading monitoring, alerting, tracing, and
logging tools
What we look for in a Xero Engineer:
• Self-awareness and growth mindset
• Openness to learning from failure
• Honesty, transparency and encouraging of feedback
• Teamwork, collaboration and mentorship
• Customer and product focus
• Commitment to supporting an inclusive culture and upholding Xero’s
values
Life @ Xero
As an engineer at Xero, you’ll be joining us on our mission to be one of
the most sustainably excellent software engineering companies in the
world! You’ll have exposure to a variety of complex challenges at a
global scale, whether it’s linking payments to different global markets,
working on our world-renowned third party ecosystem or delivering
solutions to small businesses around the world.
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, health insurance, life insurance, and
income protection, wellbeing and sports programmes, employee resource
groups, 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers, an
Employee Share Plan, beautiful offices, flexible working, career
development, and many other benefits that reflect our human value, you’ll
do the best work of your life at Xero.
Our collaborative and inclusive culture is one we’re immensely proud of.
We know that a diverse workforce is a strength that enables businesses,
including ours, to better understand and serve customers, attract top
talent and innovate successfully. We are a member of Pride in Diversity,
in recognition of our inclusive workplace. Our goal is to make sure you
feel welcome and supported to do the best work of your life.
At Xero we embrace diversity and inclusion and value a #challenge
mindset. 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.
