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At Xero, we’re here to help supercharge small businesses 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.
Xero's Data Reliability Engineering (DRE) teams own our highly scalable and reliable database platform, supporting our software engineering teams to do their best work, innovating and delivering customer value.
We are migrating off our self-managed cloud database platform and will build PostgreSQL expertise in the DRE team to modernise critical workloads into PostgreSQL, safely and at scale.
We are looking for a talented Principal Engineer to join the Data Reliability Leadership team.
You will help us achieve our goals and drive innovation through tooling and golden pathways.
Principal Engineers at Xero break down silos within (and across) functions, influence others to reach the best outcome for Xero, build deep cross-functional relationships, facilitate the right conversations, and manage different viewpoints.
With a hypothesis-driven, experiment-first approach, you'll test and validate ideas before bringing them to life.
Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and other teams to deliver high-impact solutions that drive real business results.
Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every competency.
If you are excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway.
If you need support or have access requirements, please advise us at the time of application and during the interview process.
We offer generous paid leave, care for wellbeing, medical insurance, employee resource groups, 26 weeks of parental leave for primary caregivers, an Employee Share Plan, flexible working, career development and many other benefits that reflect our values.
You'll do the best work of your life at Xero.
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Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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