[Hiring] Engineer - AI Platform @Xero

Role Description

You will join the team building and operating Xero’s internal AI platform. Your work involves building the shared foundations—such as secure gateways for large language models and shared SDKs—that enable engineers across the organisation to deploy and operate AI-powered services safely and at scale.

By bridging the gap between AI specialists and software engineering, you will help shape how agent-driven products are structured and monitored in production. This is a forward-looking role where you will influence the future direction of the platform, ensuring it remains a reliable and usable foundation for internal teams as they adopt emerging agentic technologies.

Qualifications

• Strong proficiency in writing production-quality Python.
• Willingness to learn or evolve with different technology stacks.
• Familiarity with cloud foundations like Terraform, Kubernetes, and AWS.
• Operational mindset prioritising reliability, documentation, and end-to-end customer experience.
• Collaborative spirit, enjoying pairing with others and reviewing designs.
• Experience using AI-powered developer tools such as GitHub Copilot.

Requirements

• Building and evolving Xero’s agentic platform designed to allow the creation and deployment of agents into production.
• Developing core platform components using Python, AWS, Terraform, and Kubernetes to support AI workloads.
• Implementing evaluation and observability capabilities to support the responsible and reliable use of AI across the business.
• Refining the AI Gateway to provide secure access to multiple large language model providers for internal engineering teams.

Benefits

• This role is open to candidates anywhere in Australia.
• Work remotely or from one of our office spaces.
• Accommodate common working hours to stay connected with your teammates.