19 days ago
Sydney, Australia +2 moreSenior
Responsibilities
- Build and operate an internal skills marketplace and AI distribution platform used by Xero engineers.
- Develop guidance and best practices for authoring agent skills, including agents for remediation tasks.
- Own tools and platforms from early experimentation through production, including runbooks, monitoring, and rollback planning.
- Collaborate with AWS, Microsoft, and GitHub on early-access AI technologies.
- Shape technical direction and challenge decisions constructively while helping engineering teams adopt AI tools and practices.
Requirements
- Hands-on software engineering experience, ideally with C#, .NET, and AWS.
- Experience building internal tools or platforms relied upon by other engineers.
- Strong production discipline, including writing runbooks, setting up monitoring, and planning rollbacks.
- Clear communication skills and the ability to bring stakeholders along with technical ideas.
- Curiosity about coding agents, AI-native tools, and the direction of AI engineering.
- Ability to learn in a structured, quality-focused way and challenge decisions directly and respectfully.
Benefits
- Work from anywhere in Australia or from New Zealand.
- Hybrid working model with regular in-person boost days for team planning and collaboration.
- Collaborate with a distributed team across Melbourne, Sydney, the Sunshine Coast, and Wellington.
Tech Stack
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.