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Remote Senior/Lead Software Engineering Opportunities NZ

XeroFull-time$100k - $240k*Remote; New ZealandAug 26, 2021

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Xero is a beautiful, easy-to-use cloud based platform that helps small businesses and their accounting and bookkeeping advisors grow and thrive. 

Diversity of people brings diversity of thought, and that is core to driving Xero’s mission. Supporting a culture of inclusion is something we’re immensely proud of. We know that a diverse workforce is a strength that enables businesses, including ours, to better understand and serve customers, attract top talent and innovate successfully. A part of that is to support many types of flexible working arrangements that allow you to balance your work, your life and your passions. So, from the moment you begin your journey with Xero, we will constantly strive to ensure you’ll feel welcome and supported to do the best work of your life.

Did you know we now have over 4000 Xeros globally across 8 different countries?

At Xero we believe our work day should not only allow, but elevate a modern lifestyle.  One of the ways we can support our people is through remote working.  Everyone's needs are different; the life you dream of having could be living by the beach or closer to loved ones, or maybe it simply empowers you to work in a way that makes a positive impact in your life.

We are looking for Senior and Lead Engineers to join us at Xero!!

What does remote working mean at Xero?

We have a variety of different options to work in permanent remote teams or teams that are a hybrid of remote and office based pods.
There are endless opportunities to join our engineering teams across NZ.  Some of the engineering positions we hire for include Full stack, Front end, Back end, Accessibility and DevOps.  These roles are either across Xero Product where you will design and build new features for Xero software or Xero Platform where you'll build and maintain critical applications and services consumed throughout Xero globally.

What could your day look like?

- Start your day at a time which suits your schedule
- Collaborate with your team on Google Meet at your daily standup
- Heaps of time to code uninterrupted before lunch
- Chat with colleagues across the globe on shared interest groups on Slack (Xero-pets, Xero-foodies and Xero-memes are some of our favourites) 
- Join a chat room if you want some social time with your pod
- Jump into a virtual huddle with your Agile Coach or Product Owner who’ll answer your questions around modern product delivery practices 
- More dedicated uninterrupted time after lunch for focused work or a tech review, design team catch-up, peer review or perhaps time for an internal Xero tech talk
- Give back to the tech community by getting involved with any of the Meetups or other online events we host
- 1:1 meetings where you set your agenda, where it’s about you, to develop you
- Some teams agree on ‘no-meeting days’ too!

While we don’t require you to have worked with our tech stack previously, what is important is you are happy to learn and work with it. Generally, if a team is spinning up a new code base it may look like the following:

  • A microservice, written in C# on .NET OR A Node.js microservice written in Typescript
  • Utilising a variety of AWS services
  • Running in a Docker container, orchestrated by Kubernetes
  • Accessed by SPA written in React with TypeScript
  • Deployed with an automated CI/CD pipeline
  • Monitored by industry leading  monitoring, alerting, and logging tools

What we do look for in an Engineer is:

  • Self Awareness and a Growth mindset
  • Continual learning and openness to learning from failure
  • Honesty, transparency and encouraging of feedback
  • Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Customer/product focus
Why Xero?

- Join an inclusive, diverse team with talented engineers from all over the globe
- Be part of a work environment that truly encourages continuous improvement and lots of collaboration between product, design and engineering
- Develop your skills by using the latest engineering and software delivery practices, at scale, on a global stage
- Work with the latest tech at Xero. C#, .NET, NodeJS, AWS, SQL Server, NoSQL, JavaScript (React, Angular, TypeScript, Redux), the list goes on!
- Contribute directly to our technology vision “to be one of the most sustainably excellent software engineering companies in the world
- Let us support your growth with heaps of training and development resources. Want to become AWS certified? We’ve got you covered.  Keen to learn TypeScript?  We have the pod for you
- Get involved with our passionate communities whether it be how to make the tech industry a more inclusive space, our engineering mentorship program or our many communities of practice.

Technology is made up of many tools, programming languages and frameworks that are continually changing and evolving. Therefore at Xero, you won’t find a long list of must-have tech you need to already be working with.

The package

- A competitive base salary, fantastic company shares on top and life insurance too
- A virtual ergonomic work assessment and funding to assist with the improvement of, or set up of your at-home work station. 
- Social budgets to get you together with your pod for some bonding time
- 4 weeks vacation, 2 weeks wellbeing leave, 1 week "xtra" leave, 3 extra days of leave around Christmas, a lifestyle leave program to purchase extra, and the best parental leave program around
- That’s just the tip of the iceberg - there are plenty of other perks too!

With so many exciting roles and teams, we definitely have the perfect opportunity to suit your skills and your career goals!

Keen to grow your career with New Zealand’s largest product company?

At Xero we embrace diversity and inclusion and value a #challenge mindset. Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single competency or experience . If you are excited about this role, but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be just the right person for a role at Xero. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application and throughout the interview process.

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