Frontend Platform Lead & Design System Architect (Remote)

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

Job summary

Xero is seeking a senior front-end platform lead to shape the technical direction across teams, building shared tooling and design systems that accelerate front-end development. You will build relationships across engineering, product and design to champion modern front-end practices, guide technical design, and mentor engineers toward senior levels while balancing hands-on work with strategic influence.

Hybrid or remote work across East Coast Australia with opportunities to connect in

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in front end engineering with ability to learn new languages and tools as needed.
• Proven experience and genuine interest in large-scale shared platforms and developer experience.
• Solid grounding in CI/CD concepts, automated testing and TDD, and helping others adopt best practices.
• Skilled at designing secure, scalable and maintainable systems, including distributed architectures.
• You have a track record of influencing roadmaps and technical direction across multiple teams.
• You balance strategic thinking with hands-on problem solving when needed.
• You have experience coaching and mentoring engineers toward senior roles.
• You work collaboratively and constructively to resolve disagreements for the wider team.
• You have a track record of using AI tools and principles to improve development efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Leading the technical direction of Xero’s front end across multiple teams.
• Guiding a modern front end stack (React, TypeScript) and associated tooling.
• Influencing CI/CD and delivery pipeline improvements at a platform level.
• Shaping the longer-term roadmap for front end performance, accessibility and developer experience.
• Leveraging Harness Engineering to modernise legacy front end pages and components.

Skills

Front-end engineering

Platform experience

CI/CD & testing

System design

Roadmap influence

Hands-on + strategy

Mentoring engineers

Collaborative mindset

AI tooling

Job description

Xero is seeking a senior front-end platform lead to shape the technical direction across teams, building shared tooling and design systems that accelerate front-end development. You will build relationships across engineering, product and design to champion modern front-end practices, guide technical design, and mentor engineers toward senior levels while balancing hands-on work with strategic influence.

Hybrid or remote work across East Coast Australia with opportunities to connect in