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Xero is hiring a Senior Engineer - Embedded Accounting

About the Role

Design and develop scalable, secure systems that enable third-party platforms to embed accounting functionality directly into their applications, improving financial workflows for end users.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and implement APIs for financial data synchronization
  • Collaborate with product teams to define integration requirements
  • Ensure system reliability and performance under high transaction volume
  • Maintain secure handling of sensitive financial information
  • Optimize data consistency across distributed systems
  • Contribute to technical design and code reviews
  • Troubleshoot and resolve production issues
  • Work with monitoring and observability tools to proactively detect issues
  • Support the evolution of platform security practices
  • Write automated tests to ensure code quality
  • Participate in agile planning and delivery cycles
  • Mentor junior engineers and promote engineering best practices
  • Evaluate and integrate new technologies to improve system capabilities
  • Document technical designs and operational procedures
  • Drive improvements in deployment reliability and speed
  • Collaborate with partner engineering teams on integration delivery
  • Ensure compliance with financial data regulations
  • Balance technical debt with feature development
  • Improve developer experience for internal and external integrators
  • Contribute to incident response and on-call rotations
  • Help define long-term technical roadmap for embedded services
  • Promote use of telemetry for system insights
  • Support internal tools for configuration and diagnostics
  • Ensure backward compatibility for public APIs
  • Participate in cross-team initiatives to align platform standards

Nice to Have

  • Experience in fintech or financial software domains
  • Background in building embeddable developer platforms
  • Familiarity with accounting standards and practices
  • Knowledge of API-first product development
  • Experience with microservices architecture
  • Contributions to open-source projects
  • Exposure to real-time data processing systems
  • Understanding of developer experience principles
  • Prior work with SDKs or integration tooling
  • Involvement in security certification processes

Compensation

Competitive salary and benefits package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Team

Part of a distributed engineering team working on core financial integration platforms

About the Team

This team builds the core infrastructure that allows external platforms to embed accounting capabilities directly into their workflows. The focus is on reliability, scalability, and developer experience for both internal and external teams integrating financial data.

What You'll Do

  • Design and implement systems that allow third-party platforms to access and update financial data in real time
  • Work closely with product and partner teams to deliver integration solutions
  • Ensure the platform meets strict security and compliance standards
  • Drive technical excellence through code quality, testing, and observability

Available for eligible candidates

Required Skills
C#.NETReactTypeScriptReduxEmbedded SystemsFirmwareIoTSystems ProgrammingAccounting SoftwareFinancial TechnologySoftware ArchitectureCloud PlatformsAgile Methodologies
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Posted 5 months ago