Intermediate Software Engineer

Xero

Xero

Marketing & Communications, Software Engineering
Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Posted on Dec 12, 2025

The Role

The role & impact

You'll work in collaboration with other Xeros to help create and deliver beautiful software to our customers, faster. Your role will involve undertaking software application development on our product suite, contributing to new or improved experiences, and maintaining Xero's standard for engineering excellence. You will be enabled to seek clarity with technical complexities, demonstrate smart ways to automate, and make data-driven decisions that will release value early to solve Xero customers' problems more effectively. The key impact of this role is working on a high-priority project that is vital for the business and customer.

The Engineer will produce robust, high-quality, and scalable software , relentlessly automating any manual processes. You will contribute to technical solution designs , participate in code reviews , and design and automate testing activities. This role is essential for navigating the rapidly changing payments landscape and for tying our workflow to our acquisition's functions.

The team & how they connect The Payments Platform team is a stable and balanced group of seven, including five Engineers, a Team Lead, and a Product Manager. We focus on integrating payment providers into Xero to ensure small businesses can pay their bills easily. We are a strong, tenured team, known for deep knowledge of bill payment workflows, and we collaborate closely with Engineers from Xero's newest acquisition.

The team is currently working on

  • Working on a high-priority project alongside engineers from Xero's newest acquisition.

  • Utilising a modern tech stack that includes .NET, Typescript, and AWS.

  • Contributing to an orchestrated, event-based architecture and customising the bills workflow with the new acquisition's functions.

  • Potential opportunities to work with other providers as the payments landscape changes.

Where and how you can work This role is in Australia, with the team mostly based in Melbourne. We offer the ability to work either hybrid or fully remote, with plenty of support from team members.

Here are some of the things we are looking for

  • You will bring a strong preference for back-end development and possess hands-on experience with C# on modern stacks.

  • You are comfortable with modern development practices, including distributed version control, CI/CD, automated testing , and exposure to web front-end development.

  • You will have a strong bias towards collaboration, with pairing on tasks being the default mode of operation.

  • You demonstrate independence and full ownership of your work, picking up new skills quickly, with good guidance available.

  • You are a strong and concise communicator , capable of async communication using written posts and visual media.

  • You are biased towards action and possess resilience around change, often switching focus to unblock a team member.

Apply even if your experience isn't a perfect match! At Xero, we hire based on your skills, passion, and the unique perspective you can bring to enhance our culture and team.