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# Engineering Manager - Database Reliability at Xero

Department: Engineering

**Setup**
: Hybrid

**Location**
: Sydney, New South Wales

**Type**
: Full-time

**Level**
: lead/mgmt

**Posted**
: Sep 30, 2026

## Description

Xero is hiring an Engineering Manager to lead its Database Reliability Engineering teams across Australia and New Zealand. The role oversees infrastructure supporting millions of customer transactions, delivers an AI database administrator platform, completes global database migrations to RDS, modernises technology from Microsoft SQL Server to Aurora Postgres, and coaches engineers toward proactive database architecture and performance consulting. The position can be based in Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, or Wellington, with flexible working arrangements.

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