He was manager of Xero's developer partner programs from April 2012 through August 2014. He then became product manager of the developer platform and held on to that title when he took on the global position in March 2015. In the latter job, his LinkedIn page shows that he was responsible for development of the Xero developer platform and ecosystem, including APIs, apps and add ons. Quirke's BNZ job description says he is "helping businesses be good with their money online."