Team Lead - Engineering (Small Business Growth)

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 a 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.

How you'll make an impact:

Lead and Inspire Engineering Excellence! Drive high-performing engineering teams to deliver exceptional software with speed and quality. As a Team Lead, you'll empower your engineers to excel, cultivate a world-class culture, and ensure a sustainable, productive environment where they can do their best work. You'll champion engineering excellence, foster individual growth, and ensure the team consistently delivers valuable, resilient solutions that delight our customers.

What you'll bring:

• You’ll be a seasoned Team Lead, bringing substantial experience in guiding software delivery and engineering teams through Lean and/or Agile methodologies.
• Your deep understanding of modern software delivery practices and the entire software development lifecycle is evident in your track record of successful team leadership.
• You’ll have a proven track record as coach and mentor, adept at leveraging your extensive software delivery, technical experience, and expertise to provide impactful guidance. Enabling you to deliver the right knowledge at the right time and in the most effective way.
• You'll possess high EQ and a true growth mindset; understanding that competency is not fixed but is enhanced through dedication and hard work. You'll be self aware, self regulated, motivated and empathetic, with great interpersonal skills. 
• You'll have a strong understanding of the importance of Xero's Engineering standards and practices and are able to coach teams to adhere to them. 

What you'll do:

• You’ll lead by example, providing hands-on technical mentorship, guiding engineers to grow their skills and adopt best practices.
• You’ll collaborate cross-functionally working closely with Product Managers, Team Leads, Principal Engineers, Lead engineers and other technical leaders to align team efforts with broader division and company goals.
• You’ll maintain a working environment in which your team can do their best work predictably and sustainably, and with a sense of purpose.
• You’ll make sure the team has all the information they need and the right feedback loops in place to discover and deliver valuable, usable, and buildable outcomes.
• You’ll monitor and look to support the operational health of your team and products, aiming for resilience. 
• You will support your team to hone their engineering skills and grow as individuals in order to meet the capabilities required for the team.
• Your focus will be on driving engineering initiatives and ensuring the team makes progress towards their goals. 
• You’ll hire talented engineers who share our values and set them up for success from day one. 

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, free medical insurance, 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.

Our collaborative and inclusive culture is one we’re immensely proud of. We know that a diverse workforce is a strength that enables businesses, including ours, to better understand and serve customers, attract top talent and innovate successfully.  At Xero we embrace diversity and inclusion and value a #challenge mindset.

Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single competency or experience . If you are excited about this role, but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be just the right person for this role and Xero. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application and throughout the interview process.

Xero is an NZ Immigration Accredited Employer and Rainbow Tick certified too.