Staff Software Engineer - Distributed Systems & Cloud

Xero Limited; Vancouver; Hybrid; CAD 292,000 - 369,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity (RSU)

Comprehensive benefits

21 days PTO

Wellbeing leave

Xero volunteer day

12 paid holidays

Paid parental leave

Job summary

Xero is seeking a Staff Engineer to shape architecture, solve scaling challenges, and mentor engineers in a hybrid role with 2–3 days onsite in California. The position emphasizes refactoring monolithic systems into distributed architectures, advancing CI/CD, TDD practices, and building a robust, scalable platform used by millions.

You will collaborate with product owners, designers, and cross-functional teams across time zones, driving technical excellence while balancing delivery and long-term

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering and operating complex, large-scale distributed systems.
• Ability to ramp quickly across adjacent technologies and architectures.
• Mentorship and leadership experience across engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Refactor monolithic systems into distributed, scalable architectures.
• Drive CI/CD maturation, tooling, and TDD practices for the team.
• Mentor engineers and coach others to grow technical skills.
• Collaborate with product owners, designers, and cross-functional teams.

Skills

Distributed systems

Code design

Mentoring

CI/CD

TDD

Leadership

Agile practices

Automated testing

C#

.NET

React

AWS

Kubernetes

Tools

C#

.NET

React

AWS

Kubernetes

Job description

Xero is seeking a Staff Engineer to shape architecture, solve scaling challenges, and mentor engineers in a hybrid role with 2–3 days onsite in California. The position emphasizes refactoring monolithic systems into distributed architectures, advancing CI/CD, TDD practices, and building a robust, scalable platform used by millions.

You will collaborate with product owners, designers, and cross-functional teams across time zones, driving technical excellence while balancing delivery and long-term