Hybrid Principal Backend Engineer, Payments Platform

Posted 3 weeks ago

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About the role

  • shape the technical vision and architecture for money movement
  • set the direction for building scalable and resilient systems
  • influence implementation of highly scalable systems
  • evaluate existing systems and decide when to reuse vs. rebuild
  • contribute to production code and review complex designs
  • partner with multiple teams to resolve dependencies
  • champion practices around observability and performance
  • mentor engineers and build technical leadership capacity
  • bring industry best practices into Xero

Requirements

  • 12+ years of software engineering experience
  • extensive experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems
  • proven track record as a Principal/Architect-level technical leader
  • deep expertise in building scalable systems
  • strong proficiency in at least one modern backend stack (C#, Java, Golang, C++)
  • advanced experience with SQL and NoSQL databases
  • ability to define multi-year technical strategies
  • domain expertise in payments/fintech
  • strong collaboration skills
  • ability to assess existing systems vs. new builds

Benefits

  • generous paid leave
  • statutory holidays
  • dedicated paid leave for mental wellbeing
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • employee resource groups
  • wellbeing programming and allowances
  • medical insurance
  • dental insurance
  • vision insurance
  • disability insurance
  • fertility financial support
  • 401k contribution matching
  • 26 weeks paid parental leave
  • Employee Share Plan
  • beautiful offices with snacks and break areas
  • flexible working
  • career development opportunities

Job title

Principal Backend Engineer, Payments Platform

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$224,000 - $302,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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