Principal Engineer

Job description

The role / impact

You will work in collaboration with multiple teams within a product group to help create and deliver beautiful software to our customers, faster. By defining the standard for engineering excellence at Xero, you will lead initiatives to grow the technical capabilities of engineers and evolve the technical architecture of our software in support of the product roadmap. You will ensure technical decisions and implementations are aligned with strategic goals while breaking down silos across functions to maintain alignment with the vision.

Your influence will shape group-level technical strategy as you partner with senior leaders to identify and leverage opportunities across organisational boundaries. You will help teams build and manage software that solves engineering problems at scale, seeking clarity within technical complexities and demonstrating smart ways to simplify. By making data-driven decisions, you will ensure the team releases value early to solve customer problems more effectively.

The team / how they connect

You will lead the growth of a cross-functional environment, contributing to the technical roadmap and architectural direction across the product group and the wider business. This team thrives on establishing a high level of trust and credibility with stakeholders, ensuring that everyone has effective relationships with supporting teams across Xero. We focus on creating a psychologically safe and inclusive environment where teams are empowered to experiment, learn, and thrive.