Team Lead – Engineering

Our Purpose
At Xero, we’re here to help you supercharge your business. 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.

How you’ll make an impact

• You’ll lead a team of engineers, supporting them in delivering high-quality, resilient software through strong engineering and delivery practices.
• You’ll foster a healthy, sustainable working environment, ensure clear communication and feedback loops, and empower your team to grow their skills and achieve their goals.
• Your focus will be on driving engineering excellence and supporting both team performance and individual development.

What you’ll do

• Drive effective, sustainable delivery with strong planning and technical practices.
• Ensure product health, technical quality, and adherence to engineering standards.
• Collaborate on roadmaps and support incident resolution and continuous improvement.
• Coach the team to grow their skills and deliver high-quality outcomes.
• Lead and develop a high-performing, inclusive team.
• Support career growth, wellbeing, and team engagement.
• Foster a culture of psychological safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Recruit and retain diverse talent, and organise team-building activities.

What you’ll bring with you

• Strong coaching and mentoring skills, with a focus on growth and learning.
• High emotional intelligence, clear communication, and people leadership.
• Proven ability to foster inclusive, values-driven team culture.
• Solid understanding of engineering standards and modern software delivery practices.
• Experience leading teams in Agile environments, ideally within digital product or SaaS.
• Strong collaboration, time management, and stakeholder engagement skills.

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, private medical insurance, gym passes, employee resource groups, 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers, an Employee Share Plan, beautiful offices, flexible working, and many other benefits that reflect our human value, you’ll do the best work of your life at Xero.

“Our mission as the Women of Xero employee resource group is to empower women by fostering an environment where they can thrive, lead, and contribute to their own and Xero’s success. We’re proud to support this collaboration with the Women in Tech forum – it represents a significant step towards creating a more diverse and inclusive tech community.”

Xero serves customers in 180 countries around the world; our customers represent many different cultures, walks of life, and personal circumstances. We consider building an open and inclusive workforce, which is representative of the customers and communities we serve, to be critical to delivering our purpose and strategy.

Cultivating an open and inclusive culture also allows Xero to attract and retain top talent, and to benefit from a diversity of perspectives as we seek to innovate and better serve all our stakeholders. We believe creating an organisation where all can thrive is key to fostering a high-performance culture.