Data Platform & Architecture Engineering Manager

Xero; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Xero is seeking an Engineering Manager - Data to lead the Dataverse team building core models on our data platform. You will balance strategic leadership with hands-on delivery, shaping platform architecture while ensuring delivery, stability, and quality standards.

You will coach senior engineers, drive DataOps practices, and partner with product, platform, and security to deliver scalable data products that solve real customer problems.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering data platform solutions and data modelling capabilities.
• Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Snowflake) and understanding of real-time streaming.
• Leadership style balancing delivery focus with hands-on architectural guidance.
• Proven coaching of senior engineers and support for career progression.
• Experience managing platform health and defining service level objectives.

Responsibilities

• Design and build core models on the data platform using AWS and Snowflake.
• Streamline real-time data flows and streaming architecture across platform services.
• Lead delivery for complex data platform initiatives while managing dependencies and risks.
• Coach senior engineers, raise engineering standards, and promote DataOps practices.

Skills

Data platform delivery

Data engineering

Data modelling

Leadership

Coaching senior engineers

Cross-team collaboration

Streaming architectures

Tools

AWS

Snowflake

Job description

Xero is seeking an Engineering Manager - Data to lead the Dataverse team building core models on our data platform. You will balance strategic leadership with hands-on delivery, shaping platform architecture while ensuring delivery, stability, and quality standards.

You will coach senior engineers, drive DataOps practices, and partner with product, platform, and security to deliver scalable data products that solve real customer problems.