Software Engineer, Database Reliability & Tooling

Xero; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Xero is seeking a Software Engineer for the Database Reliability Team to balance software development with database reliability. You will build internal tooling to improve fleet management and streamline how Xero's database platform is managed, half your time on code and half on reliability.

You will join a collaborative team that owns the database platform powering Xero’s core products, focusing on observability, performance, and AI-driven workflows to enhance engineering quality and

Qualifications

• Experience across .NET, C#, and AWS environments or backend software engineering with a language-agnostic mindset.
• Practical knowledge of database platforms like SQL Server, Amazon RDS, or PostgreSQL, with drive to expand into platform engineering.
• Experience building scalable backend tools and automating manual processes.
• Strong grasp of system observability, database performance tuning, and responding to production issues.
• Ability to design resilient software while leveraging AI tools to optimise workflows.
• Collaborative mindset with a passion for continuous learning, sharing knowledge, and mentoring peers.

Responsibilities

• Split time roughly 50% software engineering and 50% on database reliability.
• Build internal tooling to improve fleet management and streamline managing Xero's database platform.
• Contribute to platform reliability and modern engineering practices, including AI-driven workflows.
• Support observability, performance tuning, and resilience of backend systems.

Skills

Backend engineering

AWS environment

C#/.NET

System observability

AI tooling

Mentoring peers

Tools

SQL Server

Amazon RDS

PostgreSQL

Job description

Xero is seeking a Software Engineer for the Database Reliability Team to balance software development with database reliability. You will build internal tooling to improve fleet management and streamline how Xero's database platform is managed, half your time on code and half on reliability.

You will join a collaborative team that owns the database platform powering Xero’s core products, focusing on observability, performance, and AI-driven workflows to enhance engineering quality and