As a Data Platform Engineer, you'll design and implement data pipelines, optimize data models, ensure governance, and maintain cloud infrastructure.
Our Purpose
At Xero, we’re here to help supercharge small businesses. We do this by automating routine tasks, surfacing actionable insights and connecting businesses with the right data, advisors and apps. When that happens, we’re not only making life better for small business, we’ll be building a stronger economy that can change the world.
Data Platform Engineering @ Xero
As a Data Platform Engineer, you will be instrumental in shaping Xero's analytical data environment.
Within specialized streams, you'll focus on building and enhancing core data platform services,
including data movement, transformation, discovery, observability, data consumption, and
governance in order to enable teams to develop robust, scalable data products. You'll also contribute
to the platform to ensure governance, monitoring, and compliance.
What you'll do
- Design and implement efficient and robust data pipelines using tools like Fivetran, dbt,Prefect.
- Build and implement real-time data pipelines with Kafka.
- Optimize analytics,data models, performance, and cost in snowflake
- Orchestrate containerized applications efficiently using Kubernetes.
- Implement data observability and active monitoring of the platforms to proactively identify and resolve issues.
- Craft cutting-edge data pipelines and automation using Python,sql,dbt and/or other programming or scripting languages.
- Deploy and scale infrastructure effortlessly with Terraform's IaC approach.
- Navigate AWS to deliver scalable and secure data solutions in a dynamic cloud environment.
- Design and developing RESTful APIs for data access and integration.
- Build self-serve data platforms that enable data consumers to access and use data
- Apply core engineering practices like CI/CD, automation deployments, testing.
- Drive real-time data insights with Kafka's streaming and event processing capabilities.
- Support and maintain the systems we built.
What you'll bring with you
- Strong data and technical background demonstrating innovation, initiative and a passion for data
- Possess robust problem solving skills
- Can demonstrate analytical, development, problem solving and communication skills
- Self-awareness and growth mindset
- Openness to learning from failure
- Honesty, transparency and encouraging of feedback
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Customer and product focus
- Commitment to supporting an inclusive culture and upholding Xero’s values
- Understanding one or more software engineering and data life cycle
- Bachelor of Computer Science, or relevant qualification
- Experience with cloud based technologies, infrastructure and databases preferably snowflake
- Knowledge of data and platforms requirements for ML / AI use cases beneficial
Why Xero?
Offering very generous paid leave to use however you’d like (plus statutory holidays!), dedicated paid leave to care for your physical and mental wellbeing as well as an Employee Assistance Program to access mental health care for you and your family, health insurance, life insurance, and income protection, wellbeing and sports programmes, employee resource groups, 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers, an Employee Share Plan, beautiful offices, flexible working, career development, and many other benefits that reflect our human value, you’ll do the best work of your life at Xero.
Our collaborative and inclusive culture is one we’re immensely proud of. We know that a diverse workforce is a strength that enables businesses, including ours, to better understand and serve customers, attract top talent and innovate successfully. We are a member of Pride in Diversity, in recognition of our inclusive workplace. Our goal is to make sure you feel welcome and supported to do the best work of your life.
At Xero we embrace diversity and inclusion and value a #challenge mindset. Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single competency or experience . If you are excited about this role, but your past experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be just the right person for this role and Xero. If you have any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at time of application and throughout the interview process.
Top Skills
AWS
Dbt
Fivetran
Kafka
Kubernetes
Prefect
Python
Snowflake
SQL
Terraform
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Xero’s head office in Australia is in the buzzing suburb of Hawthorn, a stone’s throw from the CBD. Here, a diverse mix of Xeros work in both global and regional teams.
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