Xero

Senior Engineer - AI Agentic

Xero
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16 days ago
Sydney, Australia or Melbourne, AustraliaSenior

Responsibilities

  • Build an internal skills marketplace and distribution platform for AI tools used across Xero’s engineering organization.
  • Develop guidance and best practices for authoring agent skills, including agents for remediation tasks.
  • Own solutions end to end from experimentation through production, including runbooks, monitoring, and rollback planning.
  • Collaborate directly with AWS, Microsoft, and GitHub on early-access technology.
  • Help shape the technical direction of the AI Enablement team and guide engineering teams in adopting AI tools.

Requirements

  • Bring hands-on software engineering experience, ideally with C#, .NET, and AWS, while being open to candidates from other technical backgrounds.
  • Have built internal tools or platforms that other engineers relied on.
  • Demonstrate production discipline through runbooks, monitoring, and rollback planning.
  • Communicate clearly and bring stakeholders along with technical ideas.
  • Show curiosity about coding agents and AI-native tools and interest in the direction of AI engineering.
  • Be able to challenge decisions directly and respectfully and learn in a structured, quality-focused way.

Benefits

  • Work remotely from anywhere in Australia or from New Zealand.
  • Hybrid team model with regular in-person boost days for planning and collaboration.
  • Collaborate across Melbourne, Sydney, the Sunshine Coast, and Wellington.

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About Xero

5,001-10,000 employees

Xero builds cloud-based accounting software for small businesses and their advisors, covering invoicing, bank reconciliation, payroll, expenses, and reporting. It sells subscriptions and supports an extensive ecosystem of connected bank feeds and third‑party apps via APIs and an app marketplace. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Wellington, New Zealand, Xero is a public company dual‑listed on the NZX and ASX.

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