Staff Lead Engineer (Payments Platform)

Join Xero as a Staff Lead Engineer for the Payments Platform. In this role, you will 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 platform, ensuring operational excellence and direct business outcomes. This is a unique opportunity to make foundational architectural decisions and have a visible impact on the future of small businesses.

• Concevoir et développer des services fiables, évolutifs, performants et sécurisés pour la plateforme de paiement.
• Participer activement à la construction d'un produit de paiement de factures mondial pour rationaliser la gestion de la trésorerie des petites entreprises.
• Collaborer étroitement avec les équipes produit, sécurité, risque et opérations pour traduire les besoins commerciaux complexes en solutions d'ingénierie résilientes.

• A deep understanding of system architecture, API design, and both SQL and NoSQL databases is essential
• You are a champion of advanced usage in AI tools and practices across the team to accelerate development workflows
• You are a strong partner to Product, Design, and other cross-functional teams to translate complex business needs into resilient engineering solutions
• You bring a proven track record of delivering highly available, distributed backend systems and designing high-throughput services under real-world constraints
• You demonstrate strong ability in breaking down complex problems into clear, actionable solutions while driving agile execution to deliver results
• Your background includes proficiency in modern backend stacks such as C#, Java, Golang, or C++, alongside cloud-native platforms like AWS
• You are passionate about staying hands-on contributing directly to production code, proof-of-concepts, and technical deep dives
• You possess strong leadership capabilities, with a passion for setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, and fostering an inclusive culture
• Apply even if your experience isn't a perfect match! At Xero, we hire based on your skills, passion, and the unique perspective you can bring to enhance our culture and team. We are also tech stack agnostic, so please apply if you've worked with adjacent technologies