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Senior Principal Engineer

Atlassian

Remote
Full-time
Senior
Principal
12+ yrs
Salary not listedPosted 47m ago

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Job description

Atlassian is hiring a Senior Principal Engineer — a full-time, remote role. Apply directly on Atlassian's careers page below.

Your Future Org

The Growth Organization enables all Atlassian current and future users to easily discover, try, adopt and get value from Atlassian core products of Jira, Confluence, Loom and Teamwork Collection. The Growth Org combines product thinking, platforms and data analysis to drive experimentation across products resulting in greater engagement, use and long term value for customers.

As a Senior Principal Engineer in the Growth Organization, you will help turn this vision into reality by shaping the platforms that support new & upgrading customer flows, identifying technical strategy and driving the Atlassian AI transformation making our products the agent-native system of record. Your success will seen and felt by customers and will be achieved through combining data, product/market understanding and innovation to help customers capture the full value of their teamwork.

Your Future Team

The Growth Monetization team optimizes the services and experiences for customers in Atlassian core products. The team directly contributes to Atlassian Revenue by creating and testing customer interactions from first contact with the product through to purchase.

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical evolution and long-term architecture of the Growth Monetization services, customer experiences and experimentation platforms

  • Collaborate across Product teams defining forward roadmaps for multiple teams driving customer success

  • Maintain high standards of Operational Excellence in Growth Monetization platforms and services for performance, reliability, observability and data safety and security.

  • Continually raise technical standards and success through hands-on leadership in reviews, investigations, incidents and critical Product problem solving, mentoring Principal and Senior Engineers

  • Lead technical experimentation strategies across multiple teams driving product and engineering approaches

Basic Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

  • 12+ years of experience developing large scale distributed systems.

  • 4+ years of experience providing architectural oversight and technical leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Proven experience at department-level: shaping technical direction across teams and influencing architecture and product strategy beyond a single service.

  • Track record of leading major architectural initiatives and turning multi-year strategy into incremental delivery and measurable outcomes.

  • Extensive experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems, data streaming platforms and event-driven architecture

  • Broad knowledge of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and hands-on experience with public clouds (ideally AWS and/or GCP).

  • Fluency in any modern object-oriented programming language (e.g., Java, Golang, Python, Javascript, go etc.) and in architecture patterns for distributed systems.

  • Experience mentoring senior engineers, leading technical reviews, and improving engineering quality and productivity.

  • Quick learner who excels in ambiguous environments.

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate's skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range.

Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.

This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.

Benefits & Perks

Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits.

About Atlassian

At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.

We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.

To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh.

In line with local law, identity verification (which may include use of biometric data) is a condition of employment with Atlassian for employment fraud purposes.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Senior Principal Engineer at Atlassian a remote job?

Yes, Senior Principal Engineer at Atlassian is a remote position. This role is open to remote candidates.

What skills are required for Senior Principal Engineer at Atlassian?

The required skills for Senior Principal Engineer at Atlassian include: AWS, GCP, Java, Go, Python, JavaScript.

What is the seniority level for Senior Principal Engineer at Atlassian?

Senior Principal Engineer at Atlassian is a Senior / Principal level position.

How do I apply for Senior Principal Engineer at Atlassian?

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