Software Engineer - Digital Engineering team

Xero

To make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world by rewiring the world of small business by making it seamless, simpler, and smarter

Xero is a cloud-based accounting software platform for small businesses with over 2.7 million subscribers globally. Through Xero, small business owners and their advisors have access to real-time financial data any time, anywhere and on any device. Xero offers an ecosystem of over 1,000 third-party apps and 300 plus connections to banks and other financial partners. In 2020 and 2021, Xero was included in the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index and in 2020, Xero was recognised by IDC MarketScape as a leader in its worldwide SaaS and cloud-enabled small business finance and accounting applications vendor assessment.

About the role

The Digital Engineering team owns, maintains, and develops digital solutions across Xero's marketing ecosystem. You'll have a positive impact on the innovation & quality of solutions delivered. You'll explore technologies that help create beautiful digital experiences for our customers, and grow yourself professionally with the support of those around you.

The team is composed of several multi-disciplinary individuals, with varying strengths on different areas of the entire tech stack, who look forward to working and mentoring you through the journey. You'll join a highly collaborative & motivated group of people including designers, UX experts, product owners, and marketing stakeholders.

We are looking for a passionate Engineer with the ability to be human and take ownership of your environment. You'll be a great communicator who believes in the value of teamwork, with an excellent eye for aesthetics and out-of-the-box thinking.

Ultimately, you’ll have a positive impact on the code, processes, team, and Xero’s customers.

Our tech stack, and how we use it...

Technology is made up of many tools, programming languages and frameworks that are continually changing and evolving. Therefore at Xero, you won’t find a long list of must-have tech you need to already be working with. 

While we don’t require you to have worked with our tech stack previously, what is important is you are happy to learn and work with it.

• ✅ Stakeholder Engagement
  

  Partner with stakeholders to understand specifications, business requirements, and communicate insights

• 🤖 Scripting and Automation
  

  Develop scripts and automated workflows to improve the efficiency and accuracy of repeated tasks

• 🛠 Test Engineering
  

  Create and implement code tests and software test automation

• 👥 Collaboration
  

  Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals

• 🧮 Numerical problem solving
  

  Works with numerical information and performs mathematical calculations to solve problems

• 🔍 Attention to detail
  

  Accurately identifies and rectifies discrepancies or errors that exists in information and deliverables