Cloud-Native Architecture Leader | Strategy & Mentorship

Xero; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 228,000 - 285,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

RSU equity

Wellbeing days

Generous leave

Professional development

Job summary

Xero in Vancouver is seeking a senior engineering leader to guide architectural direction and elevate technical excellence across product teams. You will bridge organizational boundaries, mentor engineers, and collaborate with senior leaders to turn complex requirements into scalable, secure software solutions that deliver value to small businesses.

In this role you will shape portfolio-wide technical frameworks, define SLOs, refactor legacy services for performance and security, and drive

Qualifications

• Experience leading large-scale cloud-native software projects.
• Experience mentoring engineers and fostering psychologically safe teams.
• Ability to balance technical debt with product delivery and shape architectural vision.
• Excellent communication with technical teams and executives.

Responsibilities

• Guide architectural direction and data-driven decisions.
• Mentor lead engineers and drive cross-team quality practices.
• Define portfolio-wide technical frameworks and SLOs.
• Refactor legacy services for scalability, performance, and security.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Mentoring engineers

Technical leadership

Cross-team collaboration

Executive communication

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Xero in Vancouver is seeking a senior engineering leader to guide architectural direction and elevate technical excellence across product teams. You will bridge organizational boundaries, mentor engineers, and collaborate with senior leaders to turn complex requirements into scalable, secure software solutions that deliver value to small businesses.

In this role you will shape portfolio-wide technical frameworks, define SLOs, refactor legacy services for performance and security, and drive