Principal Engineer - Reporting & Insights

CAN: Vancouver (333 Seymour St), Remote. Posted 3 months ago

The role

You will set the multi-year technical direction and architecture for Reporting & Insights. You will design high-throughput, low-latency, and resilient systems while evolving data foundations for AI-native reporting. You will also help hire and grow engineers in Vancouver.

What you will do

Set a 3-year architecture across Reporting & Insights
Define a target state for reporting and Xero Analytics
Design for high throughput, low latency and resilience
Lead the evolution of data foundations behind 150 reports
Define foundations for AI-native reporting and insights
Own the multi-year technical strategy and target architecture
Shape the roadmap with the GM and Product
Stay hands-on with reference implementations and foundational frameworks
Grow Lead and Senior Engineers
Align teams across regions behind one direction

Required qualifications

Set technical strategy for a domain or portfolio over a 2 to 3 year horizon and aligned multiple teams
Led the evolution of a large, high-traffic, correctness-critical system across organisational boundaries
Depth in high-throughput, low-latency, resilient distributed systems and data-heavy architecture
Contribute hands-on where it matters
Connect external shifts, AI above all, to product and architecture strategy
Know where LLMs and agents belong in a system
Mentored Lead and Senior Engineers into bigger roles
Writing that turns complex direction into decisions

Nice to have

Financial, reporting or analytics domain experience
LLM or agent-based features in production
.NET and AWS
A presence in the wider tech community through talks, writing or open source

Benefits

Annual bonus
Equity (RSU) programs
Health, wellness, and retirement programs
Wellbeing days
Generous leave
Dedicated professional development budgets

Before you apply

Technical assessments including a coding assessment and a systems design assessment
Technical deep dive interview
Values / Future Proof Xero interview
LEADership interview

About the company

Xero provides reports and insights to millions of small businesses and their advisors. The company is evolving reporting and insights for the agentic era.