Hybrid Lead Software Engineer – Reporting

Posted 3 weeks ago

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About the role

  • Lead Engineer at Xero, a hands-on, strategic technical leader for one of our product teams
  • Provide guidance and coaching on delivery, testing, and performance practices
  • Contribute to the technical direction of the product group
  • Tackle open-ended problems and exhibit a very high standard of technical judgement and innovation
  • Opportunity to tackle and lead the technical direction on challenging projects within complex and ambiguous, deeply intertwined codebase

Requirements

  • Proven experience as an expert in your specialisation with the ability to adopt new languages and tools
  • Strong experience in full-stack development with modern technology stacks
  • Experience with core stack of C#/.NET, React, and AWS (or similar cloud providers/tech stacks)
  • Demonstrated skill in designing secure, scalable, and maintainable systems
  • Track record of success in simplifying complex designs into scalable, flexible components
  • Experience leading multiple technical workstreams
  • Proven experience in product scaling and distributed architectures
  • Demonstrated ability to proactively improve engineering processes to enhance resilience, cost efficiency, and customer experience
  • Experienced in managing incidents and ensuring timely resolution and prevention
  • Demonstrated capability to coach and mentor engineers, fostering growth and promoting best practices
  • Proven ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on problem-solving for local and cross-functional teams
  • Experience influencing roadmaps to align with organisational priorities and business goals
  • Proven ability to leverage customer and business insights to drive decisions and deliver impactful outcomes
  • Track record of success building strong partnerships across teams to achieve shared goals

Benefits

  • 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
  • Employee Assistance Program to access mental health care for you and your family
  • Free medical insurance
  • Wellbeing and sports programmes
  • Employee resource groups
  • 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers
  • Employee Share Plan
  • Beautiful offices
  • Flexible working
  • Career development

Job title

Lead Software Engineer – Reporting

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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