Team Lead, Engineering

1 week ago

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Xero Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year

Our Purpose

At Xero, we're here to help supercharge small businesses. 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.

Engineering Management @ Xero

We're hiring for multiple Team Lead roles across our engineering teams.

As Team Lead, you will have a strong technical background and be a people manager for a group of Full Stack engineers distributed across Australia and New Zealand.

Data Reliability Engineering:

Lead the team that owns, operates, and is actively modernising Xero DB; the core database that underpins Xero's accounting engine

You will lead a group of seven engineers who address the fascinating challenge of operating this massively scaled database while safely designing and executing cloud migration and modernisation strategies.

The team also develops internal tools to aid DB operations, and work closely with multiple Xero product teams on their Xero DB integration.

Tech stack: Database technology (preferably SQL Server), open-source options (e.g. Aurora PostgreSQL), and AWS services (e.g. RDS).

How you'll make an impact

  • People Leadership:
    Inspire, develop, and empower a talented team of software engineers through regular 1:1s, performance management, and career coaching.
  • Cultivate Culture:
    Foster a positive, inclusive, and collaborative team environment where engineers feel empowered, supported, and continuously learning.
  • Drive Technical Excellence:
    Provide strong technical leadership and guidance, and support the delivery of high-quality, scalable, and maintainable solutions. You'll contribute to architectural discussions and champion engineering best practices.
  • Oversee Project Delivery:
    Work with the Technical Lead and Principal Engineers to drive the planning, execution, and successful delivery of complex projects collaborating closely with Product Owners and other stakeholders.
  • Champion Improvement:
    Advocate for continuous improvement in our engineering processes, automation, and continuous delivery pipelines to enhance efficiency and quality.

What you'll bring

  • People Leadership:
    Experience managing a team, with strong coaching and mentoring skills.
  • Growth Mindset:
    A genuine commitment to continuous learning and a strong desire to help others grow their skills and careers.
  • Software Engineering Expertise:
    Strong foundation in computer science and software engineering, with deep knowledge of software design, distributed systems, and scalable architectures.
  • Strategic Planning & Execution:
    Skilled at planning, team building, and execution, ensuring that projects meet commitments and are delivered with predictability and high quality.
  • Agile Expertise:
    Hands-on experience working effectively in agile environments (Scrum, Kanban), promoting iterative development and continuous delivery.

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.

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