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Salary: CAD 131,800 - 150,000 / annual
You will deliver high-quality, impactful software aligned with team and business goals while keeping customer needs front of mind. By identifying and solving complex, ambiguous problems independently, you will produce robust, scalable software that supports small businesses. Your daily work focuses on systems, scalability, and engineering quality while collaborating across teams to drive technical excellence and developer efficiency.
You will join the Accounting Core team within Product Platforms, which forms the critical foundation for core product areas like invoices, bills, payments, and payroll. The team makes it easy for other groups across Xero to build on a strong foundation of accounting concepts, data, and libraries safely and efficiently. Operating across Wellington and Vancouver, the team collaborates closely to reduce tight coupling, establish clear service boundaries, and accelerate product velocity globally.
Initially, you will focus on transitioning from a monolithic architecture to modern microservices to remove delivery bottlenecks and improve efficiency. You will build and operate services in a production cloud environment utilizing C#, .NET Core, and AWS. You will resolve complex legacy problems, database scalability challenges, and modernize service interfaces or APIs. You will automate manual processes and apply test-driven and trunk-based development practices.
This role is based at the on-site location in Vancouver. The company operates on a hybrid model where you will spend one to two days a week in the office for collaborative technical discussions and team alignment, with flexibility to work from home on other days. You will also have the opportunity to travel to New Zealand for onboarding after your first couple of weeks.
Xero values the impact and skills you bring through a Total Package philosophy including base salary, performance incentives, and world-class benefits. Variable compensation includes annual bonus and equity (RSU) programs, with potential performance-based cash or equity incentives depending on role level and company performance. Comprehensive benefits include health, wellness, and retirement programs, Wellbeing days, generous leave, and dedicated professional development budgets.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Proficient backend development experience with one or more programming languages such as C#, .NET, Java, or Go
- Solid understanding of distributed systems concepts, including service-to-service communication, eventual consistency, and resilience patterns
- Practical experience working with relational databases where transactional data integrity and ACID principles are critical
- Familiar working knowledge of modern DevOps practices, automated testing, and continuous integration pipelines
- Interest in utilizing modern artificial intelligence tools to enhance personal productivity and streamline engineering workflows
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with capacity to manage internal stakeholders like a technical product partner
