Senior Data Engineer - Performance Insights (Hybrid)

Xero; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Xero's G&A Data & Analytics team is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to build data products, pipelines and a governed semantic layer in Snowflake that powers decision making across Finance, PX and Legal.

You will translate business concepts into metrics and definitions, enable AI-driven insights and conversational access to data, and collaborate with executives to ensure reporting accuracy. This role offers hybrid work options in Sydney with leadership responsibilities across the team.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience building SQL data models with dbt.
• Ability to validate outputs and stand behind the numbers.
• Curiosity about how AI can make data more accessible.

Responsibilities

• Build data products, pipelines and semantic layers for decision making.
• Design and maintain a governed semantic layer in Snowflake translating business concepts into metrics.
• Collaborate with Finance, PX and Legal teams to translate questions into trusted data products.
• Extend conversational access to data with guardrails and AI-driven insights.

Skills

SQL modeling

dbt

Data validation

Cross-functional

Mentoring

Semantic layer

Snowflake

AI insights

Leadership

Tools

dbt

Snowflake

SQL

Job description

Xero's G&A Data & Analytics team is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to build data products, pipelines and a governed semantic layer in Snowflake that powers decision making across Finance, PX and Legal.

You will translate business concepts into metrics and definitions, enable AI-driven insights and conversational access to data, and collaborate with executives to ensure reporting accuracy. This role offers hybrid work options in Sydney with leadership responsibilities across the team.