Lead Software Engineer
Xero
Sydney
12 Mar 2026
Lead Software Engineer
Lead Software Engineer role at Xero for the Xero Accounting App mobile engineering teams. Responsibilities include balancing product delivery with system health, leveraging AI, and leading multi-year product goals. Requires deep expertise in React Native, Native development, and cloud infrastructure, with a focus on customer obsession and team leadership.
Hybrid
Full-time
Lead
React Native
Native Development
Salary
Not specified
Core Qualifications
Technical (Must-have)
React NativeNative developmentsoftware design patternsdistributed architecturescloud infrastructureAWSKubernetesCI/CD
Soft Skills
customer obsessionclear communicationbias for actionteam leadershipadaptability
Key Responsibilities
- Balance high-velocity product delivery with a relentless focus on system health and engineering practices
- Leverage AI to improve productivity and ship value to customers faster
- Tackle open-ended problems and exercise high-level technical judgment
- Define both the what and the how for multi-year, multi-team product or platform goals
- Lift team performance by providing goal clarity, removing barriers, and establishing a psychologically safe, inclusive culture
- Lead and deliver high impact mobile workflows for key jobs-to-be-done such as banking, invoicing, payments, files
- Champion a production-first mindset for availability, accuracy, security, and scalability
- Automate delivery pipelines and solve common failure patterns
- Lead incident responses and champion proactive health monitoring
- Drive efficiency by identifying technical waste, simplifying complex designs, and leveraging modern practices
Lead Software EngineerSoftware DevelopmentEngineeringReact NativeMobile AppCloud InfrastructureAWSKubernetesCI/CDHybrid