Principal Engineer: Developer Experience & Platform Tools

Xero; Sydney; Remoto; AUD 180.000 - 240.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Xero is seeking a Principal Engineer for the Engineering Productivity team. You will partner with the engineering community to build developer-first platform tools that remove barriers, enabling thousands of engineers to ship high-impact software faster and safer.

This role involves collaborating across teams to tackle complex technical challenges and drive meaningful change. You will work in a distributed, remote-first environment across Australia and New Zealand, with on-site sessions as

Competenze

• Experience in DevEx, DevOps or Platform Engineering building developer-focused products.
• Platform mindset: design for engineers as customers with scalable solutions.
• Comfort with ambiguity and fast-changing roadmaps; Go Bold/Go Fast.
• Strong communication to influence senior stakeholders and executives.
• Exposure to or hands-on with AI-native development practices.
• Mentor and grow others through influence, not authority.

Mansioni

• Own and drive platform tooling that accelerates engineering velocity.
• Collaborate across teams to identify high-impact, cross-cutting problems.
• Scale developer workflows and AI-native development lifecycles across the org.
• Partner with product and leadership to improve tooling and practices.

Conoscenze

DevEx

DevOps

Platform Engineering

Platform-as-a-Product

Communication

AI-native development

Mentoring

Descrizione del lavoro

Xero is seeking a Principal Engineer for the Engineering Productivity team. You will partner with the engineering community to build developer-first platform tools that remove barriers, enabling thousands of engineers to ship high-impact software faster and safer.

This role involves collaborating across teams to tackle complex technical challenges and drive meaningful change. You will work in a distributed, remote-first environment across Australia and New Zealand, with on-site sessions as