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Responsibilities
- Design and build payment platform capabilities including orchestration, risk and fraud, and multi-provider integrations.
- Develop a global bill payment product and core high-throughput platform services.
- Make foundational architectural decisions and deliver reliable, scalable, performant, and secure systems.
- Contribute directly to production code, proof-of-concepts, and technical deep dives.
- Set technical direction, mentor engineers, and foster an inclusive engineering culture.
- Partner with Product, Design, Security, Risk, Operations, and other teams to translate business needs into resilient engineering solutions.
- Champion advanced AI tools and practices to accelerate engineering productivity and developer workflows.
Requirements
- Proven experience delivering highly available, distributed backend systems and designing high-throughput services under real-world constraints.
- Deep understanding of system architecture, API design, and SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Proficiency with modern backend technologies such as C#, Java, Golang, or C++, and cloud-native platforms such as AWS.
- Strong technical leadership, problem-solving, mentoring, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Passion for remaining hands-on with production engineering, proof-of-concepts, and technical deep dives.
- Ability to break down complex problems into actionable solutions and drive execution.
- Applicants may apply with adjacent technologies or experience that is not an exact match.
Benefits
- Base salary range of $186,000-$236,000 CAD, with potential variable pay, commissions, or equity based on role and performance.
- Comprehensive health, wellness, and retirement programs.
- Professional development and other Xero perks.
- Vancouver-based hybrid work model with 1-2 days in the office per week; eligible Ontario and Alberta applicants may relocate, and Seattle-area Washington applicants may work remotely.
About Xero
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.