Jordan Schroder
Lead Engineer at Xero
Upper Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Summary
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Top SchoolJordan Schroder is a Lead Engineer based in Upper Hutt, New Zealand with eight years of experience driving pragmatic delivery and operational improvements across fintech and SaaS teams. He has a strong track record at Xero—rising from software engineer to lead—where he modernised CI/CD, improved on-call tooling and alerting, and created domain validation frameworks that reduced configuration errors. Jordan pairs hands-on implementation (TypeScript/React, Docker, AWS) with clear documentation and training, producing how-to videos and onboarding material that scaled team knowledge. He excels at translating recurring delivery pain points into targeted technical remediations and coaching new-starters through visible progress tracking. Notably, his early work includes a security auditing proof-of-concept that attracted further development and industry recognition, reflecting a knack for turning short-term prototypes into lasting value.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honours Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honours Computer Software Engineering at The University of Waikato
Github Skills (25)
dotnet10
csharp10
linux9
xamarin9
roslyn9
dotnet-core9
visual-studio9
code-analysis9
sudoku9
azure8
cross-platform8
iot8
desktop8
connectivity7
database-connectivity7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
StasJS/SearchEngineSwitcher
Feb 2021 - Sep 2021
Contributions:4 releases, 29 commits, 10 PRs in 6 months
StasJS/sudoku-web-app
Jul 2021 - Jul 2021
A Sudoku web app
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 18 days
reactnextjstypescriptsudoku
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