Xero - Principal Engineer

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* New Zealand Application Form - Product/Technology

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Xero offers employment based on the satisfactory completion of relevant background checks, which may include a credit and criminal history check. Do you consent to Xero completing these checks if you are the successful candidate?✱
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Is there anything you would like to disclose to us at this time? This may include any criminal convictions, credit issues, or potential conflicts of interest.
We welcome applications from people with disability. We will provide reasonable adjustments through the recruitment and selection process to ensure equal participation for people with disability. Do you need any adjustments to participate in the recruitment and selection process for this role?✱
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Continual improvement is important to us at Xero and this also applies to our job advertisements. Is there anything else you would have liked to have seen included in this job advert?

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What do you think a good Post Incident Review or Post Mortem looks like?✱
What sort of incidents and system failures do you find most interesting?✱
Briefly describe a complex and/or rewarding development/programming project you have worked on? What part did you contribute to the project?✱

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Diversity survey

At Xero, we champion diversity and inclusion to create better outcomes for our people and our customers. We acknowledge, respect and celebrate all the ways our people are different and we create an inclusive culture so we can really tap into the power of our differences. You’ll see below that we’re requesting personal information about you. Please consider answering these optional questions to help us understand more about who applies for roles with us. Your responses will be completely confidential. They won’t be accessible by the hiring manager or considered in any way in the hiring process. We’ll only use your responses to these questions in an anonymised way (that is, without identifying you personally) for the purpose of diversity analysis, tracking and reporting within Xero. By answering the questions below, you consent to Xero using your responses for this purpose.

What is your age range?
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Diversity Survey

At Xero, we champion diversity and inclusion to create better outcomes for our people and our customers. We acknowledge, respect and celebrate all the ways our people are different and we create an inclusive culture so we can really tap into the power of our differences. You’ll see below that we’re requesting personal information about you. Please consider answering these optional questions to help us understand more about who applies for roles with us. Your responses will be completely confidential. They won’t be accessible by the hiring manager or considered in any way in the hiring process. We’ll only use your responses to these questions in an anonymised way (that is, without identifying you personally) for the purpose of diversity analysis, tracking and reporting within Xero. By answering the questions below, you consent to Xero using your responses for this purpose.

What is your age range?
- 17 or younger
- 18-20
- 21-29
- 30-39
- 40-49
- 50-59
- 60 or older
- Prefer not to say
What is your gender?
- Female
- Male
- Non-binary
- Gender diverse
- None of the options offered
- Prefer not to say
How would you describe your race/ethnicity? Please select more than one if applicable
- Australian
- Australian Aboriginal
- Australian South Sea Islander
- North African and Middle Eastern
- North-East Asian
- North-West European
- Oceanian Other
- People of the Americas
- South-East Asian
- Southern and Central Asian
- Southern and Eastern European
- Sub-Saharan African
- Torres Strait Islander
- None of the options offered
- Prefer not to say

Diversity survey

At Xero, we champion diversity and inclusion to create better outcomes for our people and our customers. We acknowledge, respect and celebrate all the ways our people are different and we create an inclusive culture so we can really tap into the power of our differences. You’ll see below that we’re requesting personal information about you. Please consider answering these optional questions to help us understand more about who applies for roles with us. Your responses will be completely confidential. They won’t be accessible by the hiring manager or considered in any way in the hiring process. We’ll only use your responses to these questions in an anonymised way (that is, without identifying you personally) for the purpose of diversity analysis, tracking and reporting within Xero. By answering the questions below, you consent to Xero using your responses for this purpose.

What is your age range?
- 17 or younger
- 18-20
- 21-29
- 30-39
- 40-49
- 50-59
- 60 or older
- Prefer not to say
What is your gender?
- Female
- Male
- Non-binary
- Gender diverse
- None of the options offered
- Prefer not to say
How would you describe your race/ethnicity? Please select more than one if applicable
- African origins
- Asian origins
- Caribbean origins
- European origins
- Latin, Central and South American origins
- North American Aboriginal origins
- Oceania origins
- Other North American origins
- None of the options offered
- Prefer not to say

Diversity Survey

At Xero, we champion diversity and inclusion to create better outcomes for our people and our customers. We acknowledge, respect and celebrate all the ways our people are different and we create an inclusive culture so we can really tap into the power of our differences. You’ll see below that we’re requesting personal information about you. Please consider answering these optional questions to help us understand more about who applies for roles with us. Your responses will be completely confidential. They won’t be accessible by the hiring manager or considered in any way in the hiring process. We’ll only use your responses to these questions in an anonymised way (that is, without identifying you personally) for the purpose of diversity analysis, tracking and reporting within Xero. By answering the questions below, you consent to Xero using your responses for this purpose.

What is your age range?
- 17 or younger
- 18-20
- 21-29
- 30-39
- 40-49
- 50-59
- 60 or older
- Prefer not to say
What is your gender?
- Female
- Male
- Non-binary
- Gender diverse
- None of the options offered
- Prefer not to say
How would you describe your race/ethnicity? Please select more than one if applicable
- Chinese
- Filipino
- Indian
- Indonesian
- Japanese
- Nepalese
- Other Asian
- Pakistani
- Thai
- White
- None of the options offered
- Prefer not to say

Diversity Survey

At Xero, we champion diversity and inclusion to create better outcomes for our people and our customers. We acknowledge, respect and celebrate all the ways our people are different and we create an inclusive culture so we can really tap into the power of our differences. You’ll see below that we’re requesting personal information about you. Please consider answering these optional questions to help us understand more about who applies for roles with us. Your responses will be completely confidential. They won’t be accessible by the hiring manager or considered in any way in the hiring process. We’ll only use your responses to these questions in an anonymised way (that is, without identifying you personally) for the purpose of diversity analysis, tracking and reporting within Xero. By answering the questions below, you consent to Xero using your responses for this purpose.

What is your age range?
- 17 or younger
- 18-20
- 21-29
- 30-39
- 40-49
- 50-59
- 60 or older
- Prefer not to say
What is your gender?
- Female
- Male
- Non-binary
- Gender diverse
- None of the options offered
- Prefer not to say
How would you describe your race/ethnicity? Please select more than one if applicable
- Asian - Chinese
- Asian - Indian
- Asian - Other
- European Other
- Māori
- Middle Eastern/Latin American/African
- New Zealand European
- Pacific Peoples
- None of the options offered
- Prefer not to say

Diversity Survey

At Xero, we champion diversity and inclusion to create better outcomes for our people and our customers. We acknowledge, respect and celebrate all the ways our people are different and we create an inclusive culture so we can really tap into the power of our differences. You’ll see below that we’re requesting personal information about you. Please consider answering these optional questions to help us understand more about who applies for roles with us. Your responses will be completely confidential. They won’t be accessible by the hiring manager or considered in any way in the hiring process. We’ll only use your responses to these questions in an anonymised way (that is, without identifying you personally) for the purpose of diversity analysis, tracking and reporting within Xero. By answering the questions below, you consent to Xero using your responses for this purpose.

What is your age range?
- 17 or younger
- 18-20
- 21-29
- 30-39
- 40-49
- 50-59
- 60 or older
- Prefer not to say
What is your gender?
- Female
- Male
- Non-binary
- Gender diverse
- None of the options offered
- Prefer not to say
How would you describe your race/ethnicity? Please select more than one if applicable
- Chinese
- Indian (includes Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, or Sri Lankan)
- Malay (includes indigenous Malays and Indonesians)
- Other - Caucasian
- Other - Eurasian
- Other - Filipino
- Other - Japanese
- Other - Vietnamese
- None of the options offered
- Prefer not to say

Diversity Survey

At Xero, we champion diversity and inclusion to create better outcomes for our people and our customers. We acknowledge, respect and celebrate all the ways our people are different and we create an inclusive culture so we can really tap into the power of our differences. You’ll see below that we’re requesting personal information about you. Please consider answering these optional questions to help us understand more about who applies for roles with us. Your responses will be completely confidential. They won’t be accessible by the hiring manager or considered in any way in the hiring process. We’ll only use your responses to these questions in an anonymised way (that is, without identifying you personally) for the purpose of diversity analysis, tracking and reporting within Xero. By answering the questions below, you consent to Xero using your responses for this purpose.

What is your age range?
- 17 or younger
- 18-20
- 21-29
- 30-39
- 40-49
- 50-59
- 60 or older
- Prefer not to say
What is your gender?
- Female
- Male
- Non-binary
- Gender diverse
- None of the options offered
- Prefer not to say
How would you describe your race/ethnicity? Please select more than one if applicable
- Black African
- Coloured
- Indian/Asian
- White
- None of the options offered
- Prefer not to say

Diversity Survey

At Xero, we champion diversity and inclusion to create better outcomes for our people and our customers. We acknowledge, respect and celebrate all the ways our people are different and we create an inclusive culture so we can really tap into the power of our differences. You’ll see below that we’re requesting personal information about you. Please consider answering these optional questions to help us understand more about who applies for roles with us. Your responses will be completely confidential. They won’t be accessible by the hiring manager or considered in any way in the hiring process. We’ll only use your responses to these questions in an anonymised way (that is, without identifying you personally) for the purpose of diversity analysis, tracking and reporting within Xero. By answering the questions below, you consent to Xero using your responses for this purpose.

What is your age range?
- 17 or younger
- 18-20
- 21-29
- 30-39
- 40-49
- 50-59
- 60 or older
- Prefer not to say
What is your gender?
- Female
- Male
- Non-binary
- Gender diverse
- None of the options offered
- Prefer not to say
How would you describe your race/ethnicity? Please select more than one if applicable
- Asian - Bangladeshi
- Asian - Chinese
- Asian - Indian
- Asian - Other
- Asian - Pakistani
- Black - African
- Black - British
- Black - Caribbean
- Black - Other
- Mixed - Other
- Mixed - White & Asian
- Mixed - White & Black African
- Mixed - White & Black Caribbean
- White - British
- White - Irish
- White - Other
- White - Other European
- None of the options offered
- Prefer not to say

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Principal Engineer - SRE

Submit your application

Links

* New Zealand Application Form - Product/Technology

A few extra questions for our SRE vacancies.

Additional information

Diversity survey

Diversity Survey

Diversity survey

Diversity Survey

Diversity Survey

Diversity Survey

Diversity Survey

Diversity Survey