Accounting Core Backend Engineer — Microservices & Cloud

Xero; Wellington; On-site; CAD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Xero is building the Accounting Core team across Wellington and Vancouver, delivering high-quality software for core products like invoices and payroll. You will contribute to transitioning from a monolith to microservices, building and operating services in AWS, and ensuring system scalability and data integrity.

Collaboration, mentoring, and continuous improvement are core to the role. The role emphasizes strong backend skills, distributed systems knowledge, and proficiency with DevOps, CI/CD,

Qualifications

• Proficient backend development experience with one or more programming languages such as C#, .NET, Java, or Go.
• Familiar with modern cloud platforms and DevOps practices.
• Experience with relational databases and ACID properties.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, impactful software aligned with team and business goals.
• Solve complex problems independently to deliver robust, scalable software.
• Collaborate across teams to improve engineering quality and developer efficiency.

Skills

C#

.NET Core

Java

Go

Backend development

Distributed systems

DevOps practices

Automated testing

CI/CD

Communication

Tools

AWS

Job description

Xero is building the Accounting Core team across Wellington and Vancouver, delivering high-quality software for core products like invoices and payroll. You will contribute to transitioning from a monolith to microservices, building and operating services in AWS, and ensuring system scalability and data integrity.

Collaboration, mentoring, and continuous improvement are core to the role. The role emphasizes strong backend skills, distributed systems knowledge, and proficiency with DevOps, CI/CD,