Engineering Manager, AI DBA & Cloud Database Reliability

Xero; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Xero is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead Database Reliability Engineering across Australia and New Zealand. You will guide two specialist teams, delivering an AI DBA platform that reduces firefighting while enabling product teams to own their databases.

You will influence architectural decisions and modernisation efforts, including migrations to cloud-managed services and Aurora Postgres adoption. Your leadership will shape how teams approach problem solving at scale.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading large engineering teams.
• Strong background in database architectures and scalability.
• Experience guiding complex infra transformations at scale.
• Ability to mentor engineers toward strategic consulting.

Responsibilities

• Lead two DBA reliability teams across AUS/NZ.
• Drive modernisation agenda and AI DBA platform delivery.
• Oversee migrations and cloud-native transitions with product teams.
• Coach engineers to adopt proactive, architectural approaches.
• Partner with stakeholders to align platform roadmaps.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Database architecture

Stakeholder management

Tools

Aurora Postgres

RDS

SQL Server

Job description

Xero is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead Database Reliability Engineering across Australia and New Zealand. You will guide two specialist teams, delivering an AI DBA platform that reduces firefighting while enabling product teams to own their databases.

You will influence architectural decisions and modernisation efforts, including migrations to cloud-managed services and Aurora Postgres adoption. Your leadership will shape how teams approach problem solving at scale.