Lead Platform Engineer - Salesforce

The role and its impact

As a Platform Lead Engineer at Xero, you will partner with the Engineering Manager to set the technical vision for our Salesforce platform, then translate that vision into a clear, sequenced action plan. You'll own both the strategy and execution; setting direction in ambiguity and then delivering the plan to make it real. Your impact is measured less by features shipped and more by the leverage you create: how much safer, faster, and more reliable you make the teams that build on top of you.

You'll model the standard for engineering excellence across Xero, staying hands-on while building the technical capability and development practices of every pod that depends on the platform. This is a role where you'll Go Bold by challenging the status quo of our platform architecture, and Go Together by coaching and developing engineers across multiple disciplines.

The team and how they connect

The Salesforce platform team provides the foundation that other engineering pods depend on to build and operate their solutions at scale. We work closely with product, security, data governance, and AI operations teams to ensure our platform is secure, performant, and ready for the next generation of capabilities.

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