Lead Engineer- Syft
Core
Lead a cross-functional engineering team to build and manage scalable reporting and insights software for Xero customers, focusing on high-impact features like Budgets API and Reporting integration.
Role type
Senior IC Lead Engineer (Backend/Platform)
Builds
High-impact reporting and insights engineering solutions (Budgets API, Reporting integration, Benchmarking rebuild)
Domain
Financial technology (Fintech) / Cloud-native distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Designing secure scalable distributed systems, Node.js, AWS, Coaching and mentoring engineers, Incident response leadership, Quality testing strategy
Preferred skills
Resilience engineering, Operational visibility improvement, Reducing technical dependencies
Technologies
Node.js, AWS
Responsibilities
Set technical direction for the product group, Support engineers to deliver well and improve development practices, Lead incident responses and resolve failure patterns, Guide quality testing strategies, Improve operational visibility and system resilience
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
