What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- Expertise in designing secure scalable distributed systems
- Proficiency in Node js and AWS
- Experience coaching and mentoring engineers
- Strong communication skills to align around complex technical ideas
- Ability to lead incident responses and resolve failure patterns
- Knowledge of quality testing strategies
- Collaborative approach to problem solving and team culture
Nice to have
- Growth mindset
- Continuous learner
- Technical knowledge sharing
- Collaborative
- Open minded
Day to day
- Collaborate with peers across Xero to design and deliver software that solves customer problems effectively.
- Model engineering excellence to lift the team's technical capability and improve development practices.
- Guide architectural direction across the product group by simplifying complex systems and releasing value early.
- Lead hands-on delivery across design deployment support and incident response while improving operational visibility.