Senior Back-End Software Engineer

The role/ impact

As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will care deeply about customer problems and technical excellence, developing high-quality and scalable software while coaching others to do the same. You will design and perform sophisticated testing activities to reveal product quality across various risk areas, ensuring the team enables high-quality testing in line with our strategy and standards.

Beyond creating software, you will efficiently assess and resolve development or production issues, recognising failure patterns to mitigate risks before they reach customers. You will work closely with Lead and Principal Engineers to contribute to engineering standards, champion automation of delivery processes, and proactively share knowledge of emerging technologies. Additionally, you will play a key role in growing our engineering community by participating in interviews and recruitment processes to bring in new talent.

The team / how they connect

We are the engineering teams behind the Xero Accounting App (XAA), our flagship mobile experience that helps small business owners stay on top of their finances wherever they are. We thrive in a hybrid, cross-functional environment, partnering closely with Product and Design teams to deliver beautiful mobile experiences for our customers fast.

The team is currently working on

• Building and maintaining backend APIs and infrastructure to deliver customer and business value through product features and modernisation initiatives.

• Modernising architecture by transitioning monolithic systems into scalable, distributed microservices.

• Enhancing product innovation through the integration of AI tools and automated delivery practices.

Where and how you can work

Our teams are located across Australia and New Zealand, but this hybrid role is based on the AU East Coast. We offer flexibility in how you work, balancing remote productivity with opportunities to connect in person.

Here are some of the things we are looking for

• You bring extensive experience with .NET, designing and building high-performance RESTful APIs that are scalable, secure, and maintainable, alongside a high degree of openness to learn new technologies.

• You possess technical mastery of software design patterns and principles, and you have high proficiency in the architecture and implementation of distributed systems, as is being highly comfortable working with CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes.

• Your background includes deep expertise with cloud infrastructure, preferably AWS, and you have significant experience operating production systems with a focus on observability, resiliency, and performance.

• Customer obsession is at the heart of your work, and you ensure that customer needs remain at the centre of everything you do.

• You proactively advocate for paying down technical debt to ensure long-term system health and remain resilient and effective through shifting priorities by focusing on new opportunities.

• A bias for action defines your approach; you prefer taking incremental steps and learning through execution, prioritising practical progress and momentum over over-analysis.

• You view clear and accurate communication as a fundamental engineering discipline, allowing you to translate business needs into technical specifications and explain complex constraints with data-driven clarity.

Please apply even if your experience isn't a perfect match! At Xero, we hire based on your skills, passion, and the unique perspective you can bring to enhance our culture and team.