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Salary: CAD 186,000 - 236,000 / annual
Xero is seeking a Senior Engineer to help shape the technical foundation for money movement capabilities and unlock new product lines globally. You will guide the design and development of reliable, scalable, performant, and secure services for the payments platform, ensuring operational excellence and direct business outcomes.
You will join an early-stage initiative within the Payments Platform team—the engine powering money movement across Xero's ecosystem. This is a rare opportunity to make foundational architectural decisions and have visible impact on the future of small business financial management. You will contribute directly to production code, proof-of-concepts, and technical deep dives to solve complex financial technology challenges at scale.
The Payments Platform team collaborates closely with product, security, risk, and operations. The team values technical excellence, inclusion, and continuous innovation, working cross-functionally to translate complex business needs into resilient engineering solutions supporting millions of subscribers.
Initially, you will focus on:
- Designing and building payment platform capabilities such as orchestration, risk & fraud management, multi-provider support, and operational improvements
- Building a global bill payment product to streamline cash flow management for small businesses
- Developing core high-throughput platform services
- Integrating and championing AI capabilities to accelerate engineering productivity and enhance developer workflows
The role is based in the Vancouver office with a hybrid working model (1–2 days per week in office). You will have flexibility to work from home while joining the team for "boost days" to collaborate and solve complex problems in person. The company is open to applicants from Ontario or Alberta willing to relocate, and Seattle Area, Washington applicants (working remotely).
REQUIREMENTS:
- Proven track record of delivering highly available, distributed backend systems and designing high-throughput services under real-world constraints
- Deep understanding of system architecture, API design, and both SQL and NoSQL databases
- Proficiency in modern backend stacks such as C#, Java, Golang, or C++, alongside cloud-native platforms like AWS
- Passion for staying hands-on, contributing directly to production code, proof-of-concepts, and technical deep dives
- Strong leadership capabilities with passion for setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, and fostering inclusive culture
- Strong ability to break down complex problems into clear, actionable solutions while driving agile execution
- Strong partnership skills with Product, Design, and cross-functional teams to translate business needs into resilient engineering solutions
- Champion of advanced AI tool usage and practices to accelerate development workflows
Note: The company encourages applications even if experience isn't a perfect match and is tech-stack agnostic.
