# Lead Engineer - Applied AI

The role / impact As a Lead Engineer within the Internal AI Accelerator Squad, you will be at the forefront of Xero’s transformation into an AI-native company. You will act as a forward-deployed engineer, embedding yourself within various internal business teams to co-design and operationalise agentic AI workflows that remove manual toil and fundamentally reshape how our people work end-to-end. Your impact extends beyond the code; you will lead the delivery of high-stakes AI agents from discovery to production, while acting as a technical partner and evangelist. By defining the patterns, guardrails, and tooling for intelligent automation, you will create the blueprint that enables the rest of Xero to harness the power of AI safely and effectively. The team / how they connect You will join a dedicated, high-velocity squad focused on boosting the adoption of agentic AI and intelligent automation across the global business. The team connects through a shared mission of rapid experimentation and "vibe-coding," working closely with product owners and SMEs to turn complex, messy workflows into elegant, automated solutions. The team is currently working on / Initially, you will focus on D

- **Id**: 3445570
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/xero-lead-engineer-applied-ai>
- **Role**: AI/ML
- **Role family**: AI/ML
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Sydney, Australia
- **Countries**: AU
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-10-29T05:35:58Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-29
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T19:21:01Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 11
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2846
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Artificial Intelligence, HR & Payroll Software, Accounting & Tax Software

## Company

- **Id**: 5206
- **Name**: Xero
- **Domain**: xero.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/xero>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Ashby

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 16
- **Ghost share**: 0.063
- **Stale share**: 0.563
- **Repost share**: 0.063
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 33
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 127000
- **Max usd**: 316000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: global_role_cell_scaled_by_country
- **Sample n**: 1286

## Technologies

- **AI Agents** — Optional: no
- **Claude** — Optional: no
- **Model Context Protocol** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **RAG** — Optional: no
- **Slack** — Optional: no
- **TypeScript** — Optional: no
- **Xero** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 11

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

## Hiring locations

- **Australia** — Iso: AU; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-29T07:52:07Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 63
- **Band**: ok
- **Label**: Likely open
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.632
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 11
- **Expected fill days**: 33
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

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