Role overview

As a Senior Engineer – AI Platform at Xero, you’ll lead development of the company’s Internal AI orchestration platform that enables teams across the organisation to build and run AI agents safely and at scale. You’ll define technical standards and patterns while remaining hands-on, translating complex requirements into robust solutions that other engineering teams depend on and championing emerging technologies to advance AI capabilities at Xero.

Key responsibilities

Design and develop the internal AI platform architecture and agentic frameworks that allow cross-functional teams to build agents safely.
Architect secure agentic access patterns for data and tools across the organisation.
Build governance, cost tracking and evaluation tooling to establish confidence in AI model quality.
Create shared patterns and starter templates that help the wider engineering community ship faster with AI.
Collaborate closely with product owners, business analysts, designers and security teams, sharing knowledge and providing constructive feedback.
Translate complex technical trade-offs into clear language for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

Extensive experience delivering production-grade software with hands-on frontend development in modern frameworks like React.
Strong capability designing, building, deploying and running APIs and backend services in containerised environments using languages such as Python or TypeScript.
Demonstrated expertise with CI/CD pipelines, modern Git workflows and automated testing across the full software stack.
Practical experience designing secure authentication and authorisation patterns for services, including OAuth/OIDC approaches.
Hands-on experience building with agentic AI systems, including agent loops, tool calling and frameworks like pydantic-ai or LangGraph.
Strong ability to communicate technical concepts clearly to diverse audiences and genuine curiosity about emerging technologies.

What makes this role worth considering

This role offers the opportunity to shape how AI is developed and governed across a major organisation, working with a collaborative team dedicated to high-quality, trustworthy software and continuous learning. You’ll be based in Sydney or Melbourne with hybrid flexibility and regular team collaboration opportunities. Xero provides comprehensive benefits including generous paid leave, health and wellness support, parental leave, flexible working and career development opportunities.