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Xero

Lead Software Engineer - Mobile

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26 days ago
Sydney, Australia or Melbourne, AustraliaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Define the what and how for the squad’s product and platform goals while remaining hands-on in code and technically unblocking the team.
  • Lead delivery of mobile workflows including dashboards, notifications and tasks, insights, banking improvements, and mobile subscriptions.
  • Champion production-first operational excellence by automating delivery pipelines, addressing failure patterns, leading incident responses, and monitoring system health.
  • Drive efficiency by identifying technical waste, simplifying designs, and leveraging modern practices including AI.
  • Provide goal clarity, remove barriers, mentor engineers, raise the squad’s technical bar, and foster a psychologically safe and inclusive culture.
  • Collaborate with Product, Design, web, platform, and domain teams to deliver reliable mobile experiences across channels.

Requirements

  • Strong React Native expertise is preferred; strong iOS with Swift or Android with Kotlin specialists are also welcome if they are open to developing within a React Native ecosystem.
  • Experience with backend API integration and mobile backend development, including contributing to API design and implementation.
  • Mastery of software design patterns, distributed architectures, and cloud infrastructure, with experience building robust mobile applications at scale.
  • Ability to mentor and coach engineers, manage multiple workstreams, and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Ability to provide technical judgment, turn ambiguity into direction, and work effectively in a fast-moving, customer-focused environment.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement based in Melbourne or Sydney, Australia, with flexibility to work from company offices and focus remotely.

Tech Stack

iOSKotlinReact NativeSwift

Categories

BackendMobile