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Our Purpose
At Xero, we’re here to help supercharge small businesses. We do this by automating routine tasks, surfacing actionable insights and connecting businesses with the right data, advisors and apps. When that happens, we’re not only making life better for small business, we’ll be building a stronger economy that can change the world.
We're on the lookout for a great Engineering Team Lead with strong people leadership, delivery and operations experience as well as a technical software engineering background to join us at Xero!
This will be a Fixed Term role (Start date either November/Early December and ending October 2026).
About the team
You'll lead a pod of engineers who own a number of platform products at Xero. The team is responsible for creating, maintaining and maturing platforms that can scale and support Xero's continuing growth. Our customers are other Xero teams, supporting the overall product. We're based mainly in New Zealand, spread across Wellington and Auckland.
About the role
We're looking for an Engineering Team Lead to join our Engineering Leadership team and work closely with our product counterparts. You'll be managing a group of engineers whilst directly contributing to the successful outcomes of the team by supporting excellent engineering and delivery practices which enable rapid delivery of high-quality software.
You'll be responsible for supporting your direct reports in becoming awesome Xeros, empowering them to deliver high-quality software and fostering the growth of a world-class engineering culture within our teams. As an Engineering Team Lead at Xero, you'll also be responsible for delivery outcomes.
What you'll bring:Why Xero
Offering very generous paid leave to use however you’d like (plus statutory holidays!), dedicated paid leave to care for your physical and mental wellbeing as well as an Employee Assistance Program to access mental health care for you and your family, free medical insurance, wellbeing and sports programmes, employee resource groups, 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers, an Employee Share Plan, beautiful offices, flexible working, career development, and many other benefits that reflect our human value, you’ll do the best work of your life at Xero.
Our collaborative and inclusive culture is one we’re immensely proud of. We know that a diverse workforce is a strength that enables businesses, including ours, to better understand and serve customers, attract top talent and innovate successfully.At Xero we embrace diversity and inclusion and value a #challenge mindset.
Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single competency or experience . If you are excited about this role, but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be just the right person for this role and Xero. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application and throughout the interview process.
Xero is an NZ Immigration Accredited Employer and Rainbow Tick certified too.
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