VP Engineering

Company Description

At Xplor, we believe that helping people make the most of each day is the most rewarding way to spend ours.

We give small and medium-sized businesses cloud-based, intuitive technology solutions that enable them to manage all the hassles of running and growing a business, so business owners can get back to doing what they love.

We are unified by our purpose of helping people to succeed. So, when you become part of our team, you also become part of the personal connection that strengthens the relationship people have with Xplor products

Job Description

About the opportunity

As the VP of SaaS Engineering for Xplor Technologies, you play a crucial role in leading and managing the SaaS Xplor Gym engineering department. Your responsibilities involve overseeing multiple teams and ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality software products.

This role requires a strategic and hands-on leader who can balance execution with innovation driving delivery excellence, scaling teams, and aligning technology strategy with business outcomes.

The VP of Engineering will be responsible for shaping the engineering culture, maturing our SDLC practices, and ensuring our products are scalable, secure, and delight customers.

Why this might be the right opportunity for you?

• You'll shape engineering roadmaps that directly influence our global fitness technology platform.
• Your architectural decisions will drive growth across our Connect & Ecosystem solutions
• You'll craft compelling business cases and lead initiatives that push industry boundaries.
• You'll lead multiple distributed engineering teams delivering software that power fitness communities worldwide.
• You'll champion modern SaaS practices while balancing technical excellence with business outcomes.
• You'll optimise processes and drive quality standards that set new industry benchmarks
• You'll mentor colleagues and shape next generation of technical leaders.
• You'll foster an engineering culture where innovation, accountability and continuous learning thrive.
• You'll expand our technical community and build partnerships that amplify our collective success.

Location: At Xplor, we value flexibility. This role is fully remote within Australia, open to candidates with full working rights. You'll collaborate closely with your team across time zones, so some overlap in working hours is important. Occasional business travel will be part of the role to stay connected and aligned.

Qualifications

What would make me a good candidate?

We're seeking visionary, empathetic leaders who excel at the intersection of strategic thinking and engineering excellence. You thrive in dynamic, scaling environments where ambiguity is opportunity, and you consistently drive meaningful outcomes that matter to both customers and teams.

The ideal candidate inspires and develops engineering talent while building cultures of innovation, accountability, and continuous growth. You balance ambitious technology goals with business impact, and embody Xplor's core values by thinking big, acting decisively, and always putting people first in your leadership approach.

Required qualifications for the role:

• Previous leadership experience, ideally in a multi-region (global) SaaS environment with proven track record of driving innovation.
• Deep expertise in Connect & Ecosystem technologies with strategic thinking capabilities
• Culture builder who sets the tone for high delivery, accountability, and quality.
• Global team experience leading geographically distributed engineering organisations.
• Change agent mindset focused on simplifying processes and driving continuous improvement.
• Expert-level understanding of AWS/cloud-native infrastructure and microservices
• Mastery of SaaS/IaaS/PaaS platforms, container orchestration, and service mesh architectures.
• Strong grasp of API design, architectural governance, and managing technical debt
• Experience with operational concerns including resiliency, observability, and security

At Xplor, we believe that the best innovation and ideas happen at the intersections of our differences - people of diverse cultures, generations, disciplines, and lived experiences. So even if you think you do not tick all the boxes, we still encourage you to apply.

Additional Information

Values and Life at Xplor

Our four core values - Make life simple, Build for people, Move with purpose and Create lasting communities are key to who we are and guide us from how we hire to how we recognise our team members.

As an Xplorer, you will be part of a global network of talented colleagues who will support your success. We look for commonalities and shared passions and give people the tools they need to deliver great work and grow at speed.

Some of our perks and benefits are:

• 12 weeks Gender Neutral Paid Parental Leave for both primary and secondary career
• GiveBackDays/Commitment to social impact – 3 extra days off to volunteer and give back to your local community
  
• Ongoing dedication to Diversity & Inclusion initiatives such as D&I Council, Global Mentorship Program
• Access to free mental health support
• Flexible working arrangements

Ready to apply?

To start your application, please submit your resume and we will be in touch as soon as we can. Please include the word "moonshot" at the top of your message to the Hiring Manager so that we know you took the time to read our job ad.

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More about us

We are the first global platform combining SaaS with embedded payments and tools to help businesses grow and succeed. We offer software solutions in fast-growing "everyday life" verticals: Education, Fitness & Wellbeing, Field Services and Personal Services – and a global, cloud-based payment processing platform. With operations in North America, Australasia, Asia, Europe, and the UK, we serve over 106,000 customers that processed over $38 billion in payments across 20 markets in 2024.

Good to know

To be considered for employment, you must be legally authorised to work in the location (country) you're applying for. Xplor does not sponsor visas, either at the time of hire or at any later time.

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Please note that we do not exclusively rely on artificial intelligence (AI) when making hiring, promotion or any other employment decisions. We don't have any AI tools in place that are capable of making these kinds of hiring decisions for us.

Xplor is dedicated to attracting, retaining and developing our people regardless of gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability and age. Applications are encouraged from all sectors of the community and we strongly encourage applications from the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander community.

We make it a priority to respond to each person who applies.

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