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Principal Engineer

Xero
Hybrid (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) Full Time USD 227,700 - 284,600 p.a. Sep 18, 2026

About the Job

You will work in collaboration with multiple engineering teams across the product group to guide, inspire, and elevate technical excellence. Shaping group-wide technical strategy, you will bridge organizational boundaries and partner with senior leaders to turn complex requirements into scalable, resilient software ...

Through data-driven decision-making, you will guide architectural direction, elevate engineering practices, and mentor technical talent. Your focus will be on solving large-scale systems challenges while enabling teams to deliver value to small businesses safely, securely, and swiftly.

You will join a cross-functional engineering collective made up of product management, architecture, and core delivery teams. Together, the group collaborates to build robust cloud-native applications, sharing knowledge through active communities of practice. The team works in a supportive, high-trust environment wh...

Key Responsibilities

Modern cloud platforms, automated CI/CD pipelines, and microservice architectures
Refactoring legacy services and enhancing system scalability, performance, and security standards
Defining portfolio-wide technical frameworks, SLOs, and strategies to quantify and address technical debt
Mentoring lead engineers and driving cross-team quality practices to simplify complex engineering workflows
We offer a flexible, hybrid working style that balances working from home with intentional in-person collaboration. You will have access to our modern, vibrant office spaces to connect with colleagues during key team moments and boost days, while having the flexibility to structure your work in a way that supports your productivity and personal balance.

Required Skills & Abilities

Demonstrated leadership in guiding large-scale cloud native software projects to successful delivery
Proven success mentoring engineers and fostering inclusive, psychologically safe team environments
Strong ability to shape long-term architectural vision while effectively balancing technical debt with product delivery
Expertise in automating delivery tooling, establishing quality standards, and refining operational metrics
Skilled at communicating nuanced technical concepts clearly to both technical teams and executive leaders

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