Xero is a beautiful, easy-to-use platform that helps small businesses and their accounting and bookkeeping advisors grow and thrive.
At Xero, our purpose is to make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world. This purpose sits at the centre of everything we do. We support our people to do the best work of their lives so that they can help small businesses succeed through better tools, information and connections. Because when they succeed they make a difference, and when millions of small businesses are making a difference, the world is a more beautiful place.
About the team:
This specific position is pivotal in supporting the integration of Syft Analytics into our ecosystem to accelerate our mission to provide powerful insights. Syft Analytics is a leading global cloud-based reporting, insights, and analytics platform.
For more information, please check out this post from our CEO, Sukhinder Singh Cassidy!
About the role:
As a Software Engineer at Xero, you’ll play a crucial role in building reliable, scalable solutions. You’ll contribute directly to our products while helping your team adopt strong development practices. This is a hands-on, "on the tools" role. You'll play a key role in integrating analytics tools into our ecosystem and building beautiful analytics from the ground up, creating experiences that turn complex data into clear, actionable insights for our customers.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!
What you'll do
- Deliver high-impact projects to integrate Syft Analytics, ensuring scalable and reliable solutions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement analytics features.
- Develop high-quality software that transforms complex data into actionable insights.Uphold engineering excellence by driving best practices in coding, testing, and deployment.
- Troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges to maintain system stability and performance.
What you'll bring to the role
- Experience in software development, with a focus on delivering high-quality solutions.
- Proficient in Node.js (Express) and React, with practical experience in building applications using 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.
- 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.
- Familiarity with modern development tools and practices, with exposure to cloud platforms like AWS or GCP being a bonus.
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, private medical insurance, gym passes, employee resource groups, 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers, an Employee Share Plan, beautiful offices, flexible working, 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.
