ML & AI Engineering Manager — Lead Production-Scale Systems

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

Job summary

Xero is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Machine Learning & AI team in Australia. You will lead a growing group of ML and platform engineers, turning research into scalable production ML infrastructure and ensuring robustness and observability across the stack.

You will partner with senior ICs to shape architecture, focus on team growth, and champion AI-native workflows throughout the SDLC, enabling Xero's AI at scale.

Qualifications

• Experience leading and developing engineers to grow team capability.
• Ability to translate business goals into executable engineering plans.
• Proven track record delivering roadmaps in fast‑paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead a high‑performing ML & AI engineering team.
• Shape technical architecture and system design across production ML infrastructure.
• Drive MLOps maturity, observability, and reliability in AI systems.

Skills

Team leadership

Coaching & development

Architectural judgement

System design

MLOps

Production code

Tools

MLOps tooling

Job description

Xero is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Machine Learning & AI team in Australia. You will lead a growing group of ML and platform engineers, turning research into scalable production ML infrastructure and ensuring robustness and observability across the stack.

You will partner with senior ICs to shape architecture, focus on team growth, and champion AI-native workflows throughout the SDLC, enabling Xero's AI at scale.