Software Developer- Cloud Backups
Our Purpose
Small business makes the world go around – it's the heart of the global economy. At Xero we want millions of small businesses to thrive through beautiful software, advice, and connections. We aim to make being a small business more efficient and profitable, and more enjoyable too.
How you'll make an impact
Based in Denver working closely with a geographically diverse team, you will be integral to defining focus, strategy, and architecture that align and push the expectations of Product Owners and customers alike. Your refined communication skills, solid foundation of development practices and high level of technical capability across cloud platforms will be integral in championing beautiful development solutions with industry standard architecture design. Your role is to challenge, inspire and influence the team's technical approach and capability to design, plan, improve and operate mission-critical data services in the cloud.
What you'll bring with you
- 4+ years within Software Engineering/Development discipline
- Experienced development background. (C# / .NET, Python)
- Driving change through early adoption of emerging technology
- Experience building high availability solutions
- Familiarity with working with large data solutions
- Familiarity with agile software development methodology and tooling, including continuous integration and continuous deployment
- Automated Testing frameworks and methodologies experience
- Exceptional troubleshooting and analytical abilities
Ideal Additional Skills
- A good working knowledge of relational database systems and concepts (SQL Server, PostgreSQL, etc.)
- Practical experience with infrastructure automation through code (Powershell, Bash, Python, Cloudformation, Terraform, etc.)
What you'll do
- Aid in the development of technical solutions that shape the team's product roadmap
- Follow the cloud backups development approaches and practices
- Help ensure the infrastructure operates in a cost-effective manner that aligns with the cost to serve
- Continuously improve processes and solutions to be scalable and highly available
- Work with the Product development teams to help them use the team's services to solve real-world problems and operational concerns
- Take operational responsibility for services, processes, and monitoring which drives incremental improvement
- Build and support backup solutions that conform to industry and Xero standards
What do we offer?
The opportunity to be part of a growing global success story; a fun, fast-paced work environment and a relaxed, supportive team. A competitive salary, shares in the company and a great office environment including endless table tennis matches, impromptu happy hours, and a stunning, brand new, state-of-the-art location situated in downtown Denver right on Platte River.
It's time to introduce yourself
Now that we've caught your attention, it's time to catch ours. Please apply if you:
Love doing #beautiful work – contribute to a beautiful experience for our customers.
Show your passion for the #human side of software development through cultivating a deep understanding of the needs and aspirations small business owners.
Seek the #challenge of complex technical problems, crazy-smart collaborators and a fast-paced work environment.
#Champion creative development by bringing a unique point of view while inspiring impeccable work from others.
Take #ownership by driving meaningful change and delivering results with passion and purpose