Xero New Zealand
Graduate Software Engineer (Feb 2026)
Auckland, Wellington
Opportunity details
- Graduate Job or Program
- NZD 60,000 - 70,000 / Year
- 25-30 vacancies
- Apply by 20 Apr 2025
- Start date 15 Feb 2026
The role
As a graduate engineer, you’ll have the opportunity to rotate through different specialisations in both product and platform teams.
In our product teams, we innovate new features, fix bugs, and enhance functionality. Our teams are made up of front-end and back-end specialists, we work on desktop and mobile applications and do full-stack development.
In our platform teams, we build things that last a long time and that everyone relies on. Rotations include platform development, site and data reliability, development, architecture, integration, and platform-as-a-service engineers.
With a choice of rotations throughout the grad year, you’re empowered to drive your own learning and explore different teams and ways of working. This will help you decide what is most important to you at this stage of your career and what you’d like to focus on.
Ideally, you’ll:
- be able to take a logical approach to work and cope well with change
- be a great communicator who likes working in agile teams
- like working with servers or data, and if you like to script or write code then that’s a great combo
- love problem solving, thinking on your feet, helping other people and taking the initiative
- enjoy investigating why things work, not just how they work
- enjoy building solutions for other Xero staff, removing pain points and making their lives easier
As a graduate engineer, you’ll get:
- four rotations across the technology teams in your grad year
- access to learning programs to build on your professional and technical skills
- support from your mentors, managers and the grad team
- networking opportunities across our global teams
If this sounds like you, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you.
How to apply
Due to the number of applications we receive, we ask that you only apply for one role in one location. Please take some time to research each opportunity available before submitting your application.
If you’re invited to a grad day, it will include technical and soft skills interviews, as well as group and individual challenges.
Pre-register now and we will let you know once this opportunity opens!
Hiring criteria
- No experience required
- New Zealand Citizen +more
- Creative Arts +more
- Associate Degree or higher
Reviews
I am a grad so I'm continuously learning new skills which is awesome and i've really enjoyed the challenge so far. I work alongside my team everyday to try and accomplish the goals we have.
I am mostly here to spend my graduate year learning about Xero's processes and tools so that I can perform efficiently in the future.
Conduct research studies: interviews, create screeners, write interview guides, generate findings to inform design decisions. Support senior researchers in complex studies.
About the employer
Xero New Zealand
4.5
1,000 - 50,000 employees
Technology
Our purpose is to make life better for people in small business, their advisers, and communities around the world.
Pros and cons of working at Xero New Zealand
Pros
The work environment is really friendly and welcoming, which makes it easy to feel comfortable to come in as a beginner and learn without being judged.
The work-life balance is really good and encouraged, which takes the stress off work in general.
It's a great place to start my career because there are a lot of opportunities for growth.
The company culture is very inclusive, warm, friendly, and human-oriented.
The company is really flexible with work hours and is happy for you to work remotely whenever.
Cons
Pay is lower than I would like.
Expectations can be unclear.
Sometimes have to take meetings at inconvenient times due to time zones.
Loads of meetings, sometimes not very useful meetings either.
Because it is a global company, sometimes we have meetings with people around the world. The timezone difference can be tiring, but it is not happening often.