Principal Engineer – Reporting & Insights

Xero

. Set the multi-year technical direction and target architecture for Reporting & Insights .

Posted 10/19/2026full-timeUnited StatesLead💰 $287,000 - $320,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in defining and executing technical strategies for Reporting & Insights, focusing on high-throughput, low-latency, and resilient distributed systems. Proven ability to lead teams, mentor engineers, and align organizational efforts towards a cohesive architectural vision.

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Technical Strategy ExperienceHigh-Throughput, Low-Latency SystemsMentoring Lead and Senior EngineersReference Implementations and FrameworksFinancial Reporting or Analytics Domain Experience

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Hard Skills

Technical StrategyDistributed Systems ArchitectureData ArchitectureAI and LLM IntegrationSystem Design

Soft Skills

Technical WritingTeam AlignmentLeadershipMentoring

Tools & Technologies

.NETAWS

Industry Keywords

ReportingInsightsAnalyticsFinancial DataCorrectness-Critical Systems

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSDistributed SystemsOpen Source.NET

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Set the multi-year technical direction and target architecture for Reporting & Insights
Define a 3-year architecture across Reporting & Insights and Xero Analytics
Determine how reporting and analytics build on Xero’s data platform
Secure investment for the target architecture
Design systems for high throughput, low latency, and resilience
Lead the evolution of data foundations behind approximately 150 reports
Ensure correctness and reconciliation to the ledger
Define foundations for AI-native reporting and insights
Establish safe, grounded, explainable agent querying of financial data
Prove correctness at scale
Own Reporting & Insights architecture and technical strategy
Shape the roadmap with the GM and Product
Decide investment in foundational capabilities
Align teams across regions behind one direction
Provide reference implementations and foundational frameworks
Report to the GM of Engineering
Partner with engineering managers, Reporting & Insights teams, Product leads, Principal Engineers, and platform teams
Help hire the first Reporting & Insights engineers in Vancouver and decide how they work
Grow Lead and Senior Engineers and raise the technical bar across the group

Requirements

What you’ll need

Technical strategy experience for a domain or portfolio over a 2 to 3 year horizon
Experience aligning multiple teams behind a technical strategy
Experience leading the evolution of a large, high-traffic, correctness-critical system across organisational boundaries
Depth in high-throughput, low-latency, resilient distributed systems and data-heavy architecture
Hands-on contribution to reference implementations, foundational frameworks, and difficult architecture problems
Understanding of how AI, LLMs, and agents fit into product and architecture strategy
Experience mentoring Lead and Senior Engineers into bigger roles
Strong technical writing that turns complex direction into actionable decisions
Financial, reporting, or analytics domain experience (nice to have)
LLM or agent-based features in production (nice to have)
.NET and AWS (nice to have)
Wider tech community presence through talks, writing, or open source (nice to have)
Required working rights for the country where the role is based

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual bonus and equity (RSU) programs for permanent employees
Performance-based cash or equity incentives depending on role level and company performance
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401(k) match
21 days PTO
10 days of Wellbeing leave
5 days of Xtra Leave
1 volunteer day
12 paid holidays
Paid parental leave
Hybrid working model with flexibility to work from home and office
Designated boost days in office spaces