💼 About This Role

You'll lead a high-performing infrastructure team within Xero, acting as a technical anchor and championing AI-native workflows. Your core impact is to remove the complexity tax of toil and brittle environments, enabling engineers to focus on deep work and impactful outcomes. You'll drive engineering enablement across the organisation by building foundational tools and golden pathways that integrate automation.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team.
• Drive architectural decisions and technical modernisation.
• Manage cross-team dependencies and deliver roadmap.
• Champion developer experience and reduce toil.

📋 Requirements

• Deep understanding of software architecture and modernisation.
• Proven track record of coaching and mentoring engineers.
• Experience leading complex software roadmaps in agile environments.
• Ability to make fast, informed decisions and prioritise impact.

✨ Nice to Have

• Experience with AI/ML integration in SDLC.
• Background in platform engineering or internal developer platforms.
• Familiarity with incident response and SRE practices.

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• 🏖️ Flexible work with no mandated office days.
• 📈 Professional development opportunities.
• 💻 Modern tech stack and tooling.
• 🤝 Inclusive culture with psychological safety.
• 🏢 Boost days for in-office collaboration.

📨 Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-4 weeks · AI estimate

1. 1Recruiter Screen· 30 min
2. 2Technical Interview· 60 min
3. 3Manager Interview· 45 min