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Xero

Lead Engineer – Front End Platform, Design System

Xero

. Shape the technical direction of Xero’s Front End Platform .

Posted 11/5/2026full-timeMelbourne • AustraliaSeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates deep expertise in Front End Engineering, with a strong focus on building scalable, secure, and maintainable systems. Proven ability to influence technical direction and coach engineers while fostering collaboration across teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Front End EngineeringReactTypeScriptCI/CDCoaching And Mentoring

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Hard Skills
Front End DevelopmentComponent LibrariesDesign SystemsAutomated TestingTest-Driven DevelopmentDistributed ArchitecturesAI ToolsPerformance OptimizationAccessibility StandardsDeveloper Experience
Soft Skills
CollaborationStrategic ThinkingProblem SolvingInfluencing RoadmapsCoaching
Tools & Technologies
CI/CD ToolsDeveloper ToolingHarness Engineering
Industry Keywords
Shared PlatformsTechnical DirectionEngineering HabitsLegacy ModernizationTeam Collaboration

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies
ReactTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Shape the technical direction of Xero’s Front End Platform
  • Work across multiple teams to deliver shared front end tools, systems and standards
  • Build relationships across engineering, product and design
  • Guide technical design and identify technical gaps holding teams back
  • Champion modern front end practices
  • Coach engineers toward their next level
  • Build and maintain shared foundations including component libraries, design systems and developer tooling
  • Guide React, TypeScript and associated tooling across multiple teams
  • Influence CI/CD and delivery pipeline improvements at platform level
  • Shape the roadmap for front end performance, accessibility and developer experience
  • Use Harness Engineering to modernise legacy front end pages and components
  • Collaborate with design, product engineering and infrastructure teams

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Deep expertise in front end engineering
  • Ability to pick up new languages and tools as needed
  • Proven experience and genuine interest in large-scale shared platforms and developer experience
  • Solid grounding in CI/CD concepts, automated testing and TDD
  • Experience helping others build good engineering habits
  • Skilled at designing secure, scalable and maintainable systems, including distributed architectures
  • Track record of influencing roadmaps and technical direction across multiple teams
  • Comfortable balancing strategic thinking with hands-on problem solving
  • Experience coaching and mentoring engineers toward senior roles
  • Collaborative approach to disagreement and different viewpoints
  • Track record of using AI tools and principles to work more efficiently and solve problems within a development team
  • Must have working rights for the country this role is based in, or require visa assistance as applicable
  • Satisfactory completion of relevant background checks

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Hybrid or fully remote work anywhere across the East Coast of Australia
  • Flexible work-from-home arrangements for hybrid employees
  • Regular office boost days
  • Professional coaching and mentoring opportunities
  • Flexible working model
  • Reasonable workplace adjustments and accommodations during recruitment
  • Potential consideration for other current or future opportunities
  • Background checks may include credit and criminal history checks