Engineer

The role

You will deliver high-quality, scalable software to support small businesses. You will focus on systems, scalability, and engineering quality while transitioning from monolithic architecture to microservices.

What you will do

• Deliver high-quality, impactful software that aligns with team and business goals
• Identify and solve complex, ambiguous problems independently
• Collaborate across teams to drive technical excellence and developer efficiency
• Ensure stakeholders are well-informed and aligned through communication
• Mentor others and share feedback with empathy
• Transition from a monolithic architecture to modern microservices
• Build and operate services in a production cloud environment utilizing C#, .NET Core, and AWS
• Resolve complex legacy problems, database scalability challenges, and modernize service interfaces or APIs
• Automate manual processes and apply test-driven and trunk-based development practices

Required qualifications

• Proficient backend development experience with one or more programming languages such as C#, .NET, Java, or Go
• Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts, including service-to-service communication, eventual consistency, and resilience patterns
• Practical experience working with relational databases where transactional data integrity and ACID principles are critical
• Familiar working knowledge of modern DevOps practices, automated testing, and continuous integration pipelines
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Capacity to manage internal stakeholders like a technical product partner

Nice to have

• Interest in utilizing modern artificial intelligence tools

Benefits

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

Before you apply

• Xero uses AI to help screen applications based on job-related qualifications

About the company

Xero is a company that supports small businesses. The Accounting Core team within Product Platforms forms the critical foundation for core product areas like invoices, bills, payments, and payroll.