Platform Engineering Manager — Remote, Scale & Architecture

Xero; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 140,000 - 210,000; Part time

Job summary

Xero is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a platform team of eight engineers responsible for high-traffic services used by thousands of organisations in Xero. You’ll guide delivery, support stability improvements, and shape the long‑term architecture as we move away from legacy databases.

You will collaborate across Auckland, Wellington and Melbourne, fostering growth and strong cross‑site partnerships.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a team of engineers in a SaaS/platform environment.
• Ability to set strategy for architecture and platform services.
• Strong collaboration across multiple sites and time zones.

Responsibilities

• Guide a platform team of eight engineers to build and operate high-traffic services.
• Drive stability improvements and recovery work from outages.
• Plan migration away from legacy MyXero database toward future-ready architecture.
• Foster growth and cross-site collaboration across Auckland, Wellington and Melbourne.

Skills

Software engineering background

Team leadership

Scale experience

Infrastructure knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related

Job description

Xero is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a platform team of eight engineers responsible for high-traffic services used by thousands of organisations in Xero. You’ll guide delivery, support stability improvements, and shape the long‑term architecture as we move away from legacy databases.

You will collaborate across Auckland, Wellington and Melbourne, fostering growth and strong cross‑site partnerships.