Senior Engineer - AI Workflows

Xero
Melbourne
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningSkills: ["Communication","Collaboration","Problem-solving","Leadership"]

Lead design and delivery of agentic AI workflows within Xero, embedding into internal teams to remove toil and reshape how people work. Drive high-stakes AI agents from discovery to production, defining patterns, guardrails, and tooling for intelligent automation, and partner with non-technical stakeholders while uplifting AI fluency across the organization.

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Xero
Xero
3 months ago

Senior Engineer - AI Workflows

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Job Summary

Lead design and delivery of agentic AI workflows within Xero, embedding into internal teams to remove toil and reshape how people work. Drive high-stakes AI agents from discovery to production, defining patterns, guardrails, and tooling for intelligent automation, and partner with non-technical stakeholders while uplifting AI fluency across the organization.
Location: Melbourne
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and iterate on AI agents and workflow orchestrations for production environments.
  • •Integrate AI systems with core enterprise platforms such as Salesforce, Workday, Slack and NetSuite.
  • •Develop reusable automation patterns and templates to be used by a future AI Centre of Excellence.
  • •Build evaluation and monitoring frameworks to measure performance and safety of AI-native workflows.
  • •Collaborate with product owners and SMEs to turn complex workflows into elegant, automated solutions.

Key Requirements

  • •Experience building and operating applications or automations in production environments, involving APIs and cloud infrastructure.
  • •Hands-on delivery of AI-driven solutions such as agents, copilots, or RAG systems using LLMs like Claude or Gemini.
  • •Proficiency in programming languages such as Python or TypeScript; comfortable with SDKs and webhooks.
  • •Systems-thinking approach to design agents with security, auditability, and controlled blast radius.
  • •Ability to partner with non-technical stakeholders to translate business pain points into technical designs.
Experience:Enterprise softwareAI & automation
Skills:CommunicationCollaborationProblem-solvingLeadership
Languages:English
Tech Stack:PythonTypeScriptClaudeGeminiMCPSalesforceWorkdaySlackNetSuiteSDKWebhooksAPIsCloud

Company Brief

Xero
Provides cloud-based accounting, payroll, and financial management software for small and medium-sized businesses, enabling invoicing, bank reconciliation, reporting, and integrations with third-party apps globally.
Industry: Enterprise Software
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Wellington, New Zealand
Founded: 2006
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