Lead Frontend Platform Architect (Remote)

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

Job summary

Xero is seeking a Senior Front End Platform Engineer to shape the technical direction of the Front End Platform. You will work across product engineering, design and infrastructure to deliver shared tools, design systems and developer experience improvements.

You’ll lead multi‑team initiatives, coach engineers toward senior levels, and influence CI/CD and performance roadmaps, while balancing hands‑on coding with strategic impact in a hybrid or remote setup across Australia.

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in modern front end engineering and architectures.
• Experience guiding multiple teams on frontend platforms.
• Proven ability to influence roadmaps and technical direction.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical direction of Xero's Front End Platform.
• Guide a modern frontend stack across teams using React and TypeScript.
• Influence CI/CD and platform delivery pipelines.
• Shape long-term roadmap for performance, accessibility and DX.
• Coach engineers toward senior levels.

Skills

Front end engineering

Multi-team collaboration

Mentoring engineers

AI tooling awareness

Roadmap influence

Tools

React

TypeScript

CI/CD tooling

Design systems

Job description

Xero is seeking a Senior Front End Platform Engineer to shape the technical direction of the Front End Platform. You will work across product engineering, design and infrastructure to deliver shared tools, design systems and developer experience improvements.

You’ll lead multi‑team initiatives, coach engineers toward senior levels, and influence CI/CD and performance roadmaps, while balancing hands‑on coding with strategic impact in a hybrid or remote setup across Australia.