Intermediate Data Engineer

Intermediate Data Engineer

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Xero is a beautiful, easy-to-use platform that helps small businesses and their accounting and bookkeeping advisors grow and thrive. 

At Xero, our purpose is to make life better for people in small business, their advisors, and communities around the world. This purpose sits at the centre of everything we do. We support our people to do the best work of their lives so that they can help small businesses succeed through better tools, information and connections. Because when they succeed they make a difference, and when millions of small businesses are making a difference, the world is a more beautiful place.

How you’ll make an impact

You will help our product teams make informed, data based decisions on developing Hubdoc software. Additionally, you’ll support in making Hubdoc data available within the broader Xero data vault, making it easier to use the data sources together. Lastly, you’ll help scale the Hubdoc data platform to prepare for a closer integration with Xero’s maturing data infrastructure.

What you'll do

    • Contribute to Hubdoc’s existing data platform including Airflow, Redshift and Postgres
    • Working with the team, design and implement features driving towards a robust & clean data model and a more scalable and resilient infrastructure
    • Tighten our integration with the broader Xero data system
    • Support our finance and product teams’ decision making with critical reporting and metrics
    • Maintain and modernize our existing ETL jobs

Success looks like

    • Supporting our data stakeholders in the best way possible
    • Proactively making our data platforms and frameworks stable, reliable and resilient
    • Understanding how Hubdoc’s data model maps to the broader Xero organization’s model
    • Building cross team empathy for the challenges we face and celebrating our successes
    • Being part of a confident and happy teamTaking responsibility for your own learning and development in conjunction with your teammates

What you'll bring with you

    • Critical competencies
    • Experience with data modeling best practices, ETL tooling and data engineering infrastructure
    • High customer empathy and customer focus
    • Effective communication and use of tools and team meetings
    • Helpful Experience
    • Experience in transforming a data platforms to leverage industry best practices, systems, and tooling
    • Some data analysis experience can be beneficial
    • Experience with agile methodologies
    • Experienced in taking direction from high level designs through to production ready software
Why Xero?

At Xero, we are empowered to bring our ‘whole self’ to work. Our collaborative and inclusive culture is one we’re immensely proud of. We know that a diverse workforce is a strength that enables businesses, including ours, to better understand and serve customers, attract top talent and innovate. We care about learning together and celebrate our teams’ continuous improvement and career development. 

Want to read more about inclusivity at Xero? Learn a little more about it here - https://www.xero.com/ca/about/social-and-environmental-impact/diversity-and-inclusion/

We offer a great remuneration package, including compelling benefits and perks, like Xero shares and great parental leave policies. We also support flexible working arrangements that allow you to balance your work, your life and your passions. Our Canadian Xero family includes Hubdoc, an automated data capture platform, and TaxCycle and we have offices in Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver. From the moment you step through our doors, you’ll feel welcome and supported to do the best work of your life.

Please note that we currently require all employees and contractors to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to work from a Xero office, or engage in any face-to-face Xero business.  Xero will work with anyone who is not vaccinated, or prefers not to disclose their vaccination status, to determine if any reasonable accommodations can be provided to ensure their role can be performed safely whilst the restriction is in place.
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