Senior Software Engineer at PayPal managing cloud infrastructure and DevOps solutions. Delivering complete SDLC solutions and guiding engineering teams for scalable and reliable services.
About the role
- Principal Engineer driving systemic reliability improvements for Xero's software products. Leading technical initiatives and mentoring teams in engineering excellence.
Responsibilities
- Drive strategic technical direction across the organisation, focusing on systemic reliability improvements.
- Help define the standard for engineering excellence at Xero and lead initiatives to grow technical capabilities.
- Evolve the technical architecture of our software.
- Implement strategic capacity forecasting and performance optimisation to ensure critical systems accommodate growth without service degradation.
- Simplify complex challenges and champion innovation and automation while designing expert-level tools and frameworks that significantly reduce manual toil.
- Ensure the reliability, availability, and performance of products through proactive engineering and deep partnership.
- Actively mentor and elevate the SRE capabilities of the wider organisation, setting code quality and best practices.
Requirements
- Extensive career background in site reliability engineering, combined with advanced software engineering skills.
- Expert-level knowledge of distributed systems, cloud platforms, and microservices architecture.
- Skilled in designing and implementing expert-level automation frameworks and tools (not just one-off scripts).
- Exceptional ability to mentor and guide others, fostering a culture of SRE excellence across the organisation.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of influencing technical strategy across the organisation.
- Proactive in identifying and driving opportunities for improvement by regularly reviewing delivery and production metrics.
- Proven ability to translate ambiguous problems into actionable work and exercise strategic decision-making under pressure during critical incidents.
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- Hybrid and fully remote options
- Mentoring opportunities
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