Guide reliable distributed services and engineering capability for Xero’s Payments Platform team in Vancouver. The hybrid model combines home and office collaboration. This Engineering Manager role focuses on production delivery under real-world constraints, while the team develops shared payment foundations. You will lead engineers working across high-throughput services, global bill payments, risk and fraud, and multi-provider capabilities. Your ownership includes staffing, performance, career development, quality, reliability, and on-call accountability.

Key Responsibilities
- Lead the team toward dependable production code delivery
- Build capability through mentoring and technical reviews
- Own team processes, quality standards, and on-call practices




- Partner with product and engineering leaders on priorities
- Support architectural decisions through effective team delivery

Requirements:
- Deliver highly available systems with solid operational practices
- Grow engineers through hiring, performance, and career development
- Guide design reviews and technical trade-off decisions
- Break complex problems into actionable delivery plans
- Modernize established systems while continuing customer value Use distributed systems leadership and technical depth to strengthen reliable payment services serving small businesses.

📌 Distributed Systems Engineering Manager (Vancouver)
🏢 Xero
📍 Vancouver