Principal Software Engineer

Working at Atlassian

Atlassians can choose where they work whether in an office from home or a combination of the two. That way Atlassians have more control over supporting their family personal goals and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity.

To be a 100-year company we are proudly building a world-class engineering organization composed of empowered teams that are equipped with the tools and infrastructure to do the best work of their careers.

Engineering at Atlassian prioritizes initiatives that advance AI and support our customers transition to the cloud while consistently delivering maximum value through our core product suite - Jira Confluence Trello and Bitbucket.

We seek individuals who are eager to shape the future and believe in the power of collaboration to achieve extraordinary results together.

In this role you will:

• Regularly tackle the largest and most complex problems on the team from technical design to launch

• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects and determine plans-of-attack on large projects

• Routinely tackle complex architecture challenges and apply architectural standards and start using them on new projects

• Be a champion across the Atlassian organisation for continually raising the technical bar and evangelizing a high technical standard

• Partner across Engineering teams to take on company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects

• Transfer your depth of knowledge and share best engineering practices to improve engineering excellence

• Mentor and grow the next generation of technical leaders at Atlassian

Your background:

• 10 years experience in Full Stack development with one or more prominent languages such as Java Scala Node Javascript React.

• Bachelors or Masters degree (preferably a Computer Science degree or equivalent experience).

• Deep experience in systems engineering at scale with regards to testing reliability security and observability.

• Excellent communication skills in written and verbal forms and an ability to communicate complex technical issues to a range of technical and non-technical audiences (management peers).

• Experience with collaborating with and mentoring junior members of the team.

• Consider the customer impact when making technical decisions.

• Familiarity with A/B testing techniques.

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

Please visit 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.

In The United States we have three geographic pay zones. For this role our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:

Zone A: $209700 - $273775

Zone B: $188730 - $246398

Zone C: $174051 - $227233

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 Atlassian

At Atlassian were 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 everyones 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.

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