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.
About our division:
Be at the forefront of empowering small businesses and advisors to thrive! Our dynamic Small Business Growth Division builds innovative solutions dedicated to providing solutions that simplify complexity and drive informed decision-making. From transforming accounting data into clear, actionable insights, best-in-market reporting, to creating seamless and intelligent experiences with integrated platforms, we're building the future of small business management.
Our teams work on the foundational suite of services focused on organisations and their data, we evolve key platforms for scalability and innovation, and we ensure secure and intuitive gateways for new customers. If you're passionate about solving complex problems with a human-centered approach and owning outcomes that truly matter, join us in making life beautiful for small businesses worldwide.
As a Intermediate Software Engineer at Xero, you’ll play an essential role in delivering and running impactful solutions. You’ll focus on building scalable, reliable software while contributing to team success and collaborating effectively with others.
Join Xero's Small Business Growth Division! We have a range of roles across our various teams. Dive into hands-on roles shaping how customers understand their businesses through impactful reporting and analytics, seamless integrations, robust platforms, and secure access. Drive innovation and make a real difference!
We believe that a strong technical foundation and a mindset focused on growth are essential for success in Software Engineering. Instead of a lengthy list of technical requirements, we value adaptability and a willingness to learn!
What you'll bring with you:
- Experience in software development, with a focus on delivering high-quality solutions.
- Proficiency in at least one of C#, NodeJS or React, with practical experience in building applications using any of these frameworks.
- Proven ability to independently design, implement, and deliver production-ready features while debugging complex issues and maintaining application stability in a commercial environment.
- A solid understanding of the development lifecycle, including design, coding, testing, and deployment.
- Familiarity with on-call duties, monitoring and observability tooling, including running systems in production at scale.
- Familiarity with modern development tools and practices, with exposure to cloud platforms like AWS being a bonus.
- A collaborative mindset, with excellent communication skills to work effectively with team members and stakeholders.
- Problem-solving skills, with the ability to break down complex challenges into manageable solutions.
- A growth mindset, eager to learn and improve while contributing to a supportive team environment.
What you'll do:
- Create high-quality, scalable software that addresses customer needs and drives business growth.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and to implement features.
- Uphold engineering excellence by driving best practices in coding, testing, and deployment.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges to maintain system stability and performance.
- Contribute to and promote Xero's engineering standards and practices.
- Embrace agile methodologies and actively seek to improve team processes.
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.
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What We Do
Xero is a global small business platform with 3.95 million subscribers which includes a core accounting solution, payroll, workforce management, expenses and projects. Xero also has an extensive ecosystem of connected apps and connections to banks and other financial institutions helping small businesses access a range of solutions from within Xero’s open platform to help them run their business and manage their finances.
Why Work With Us
Xero is not like most companies. When you join Xero, you become part of something beautiful —a global community of people who are passionate about making an impact on the world. It’s a place where you can truly be yourself and find success in a way that’s meaningful to you.
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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Join us from home or at one of our beautiful workspaces. Xero has offices in Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Singapore, and South Africa.
