Lead Engineer - AI FDE

The role

You will act as a forward-deployed engineer within the Internal AI Accelerator Squad. You will co-design and operationalise agentic AI workflows to remove manual toil for internal business teams.

What you will do

• Co-design and operationalise agentic AI workflows
• Lead the delivery of high-stakes AI agents from discovery to production
• Define patterns, guardrails, and tooling for intelligent automation
• Design and iterate on AI agents and workflow orchestrations using tools like Claude, Gemini, and MCP
• Integrate AI systems with core enterprise platforms including Salesforce, Workday, Slack, and NetSuite
• Develop reusable automation patterns and shared templates
• Build evaluation and monitoring frameworks to measure performance and ensure safety
• Partner with non-technical stakeholders to translate business pain points into technical solution designs
• Coach others to uplift AI fluency through pairing and workshops

Required qualifications

• Experience in building and operating applications or automations within production environments, particularly involving APIs and cloud infrastructure
• Hands-on delivery of AI-driven solutions such as agents, copilots, or RAG systems using LLMs like Claude or Gemini
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or TypeScript
• Comfort navigating SDKs and webhooks
• Systems-thinking approach to design agents with security, auditability, and controlled blast radius
• Track record of partnering with non-technical stakeholders to translate business pain points into technical solution designs

Benefits

• Equity
• Performance incentives
• World-class health, wellness, and retirement programs
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Professional development

About the company

Xero is a company transforming into an AI-native company. They embrace a hybrid way of working and a Total Package compensation philosophy.