Lead Engineer- Syft

Jobtailor; Greater London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior engineering leader to collaborate across teams and drive architecture, software delivery, and growth of technical capabilities. You will shape direction, mentor engineers, and coordinate designs to solve complex challenges across distributed systems.

The role emphasizes leadership in incident responses, strong communication, and a collaborative approach to problem solving, with a focus on scalable systems and ongoing learning.

Qualifications

• Expertise in designing secure, scalable distributed systems.
• Experience in managing software at scale with Node.js and AWS.
• Background in coaching and mentoring engineers.
• Strong communication skills.
• Growth mindset for continuous learning and sharing technical knowledge.
• Ability to lead incident responses and resolve failure patterns.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with peers across Xero to deliver software to customers.
• Shape technical direction and tackle architectural challenges.
• Support team growth in technical capability.
• Coordinate closely with team members on technical designs.
• Focus on building and managing software to solve complex problems.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Node.js

AWS

Mentoring engineers

Strong communication

Growth mindset

Incident response leadership

Collaborative problem solving

Tools

N/A

Job description

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with peers across Xero to deliver software to customers
• Shape technical direction and tackle architectural challenges
• Support team growth in technical capability
• Coordinate closely with team members on technical designs
• Focus on building and managing software to solve complex problems

Requirements

• Expertise in designing secure, scalable distributed systems
• Experience in managing software at scale with proficiency in Node.js and AWS
• Background in coaching and mentoring engineers
• Strong communication skills
• Growth mindset for continuous learning and sharing technical knowledge
• Ability to lead incident responses and resolve failure patterns
• Collaborative approach to problem-solving