Principal Engineer - Reporting & Insights
Core
Senior technical leader defining multi-year architecture and strategy for Xero's Reporting & Insights platform, evolving it for the agentic era with AI-native capabilities.
Role type
Principal Engineer (Strategy & Architecture)
Builds
Reporting and Insights platform, AI-native financial data foundations, and scalable data services for small businesses.
Domain
Financial Technology (Fintech) / Data Engineering / AI
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Multi-year technical strategy, distributed systems architecture, high-throughput low-latency design, AI/LLM integration, team leadership, technical mentorship
Preferred skills
Financial reporting domain, LLM/agent-based features, .NET, AWS
Technologies
.NET, AWS, LLMs, Agents
Responsibilities
Set 3-year architecture across Reporting & Insights, evolve data foundations for 150+ reports, define AI-native reporting foundations, grow Lead and Senior Engineers, align cross-team technical direction
Seniority
Principal, strategy & mentorship
