Senior Backend Engineer: Lead Architecture & Mentorship

Atlassian; Australia; On-site; AUD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing resources

Volunteer days

Equity

Job summary

Atlassian is seeking Senior Software Engineers to join our Sydney engineering teams. You will drive large, autonomous projects and lead architectural decisions while mentoring peers.

We value learners who can adapt across Java, Kotlin, Golang, Python, or Ruby, and who will contribute to high-impact initiatives across multiple projects. You'll work in a flexible environment where in-office, remote, or hybrid arrangements are supported, with equity and performance-based rewards as part of our

Qualifications

• Expert-level experience with one or more languages such as Java, Kotlin, Golang, Python, C#, C/C++, or Ruby.
• Willingness to learn and adapt across multiple languages and technologies.
• Strong mentoring and collaboration skills.
• Customer-focused with ability to assess technical impact.

Responsibilities

• Drive large, complex projects autonomously from technical design to launch.
• Tackle complex architecture challenges and apply architectural standards on new projects.
• Lead code reviews and documentation as well as fix high-risk bugs.
• Collaborate across engineering teams to tackle company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects.
• Mentor junior engineers and transfer knowledge across teams.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Golang

Python

Ruby

Job description

Atlassian is seeking Senior Software Engineers to join our Sydney engineering teams. You will drive large, autonomous projects and lead architectural decisions while mentoring peers.

We value learners who can adapt across Java, Kotlin, Golang, Python, or Ruby, and who will contribute to high-impact initiatives across multiple projects. You'll work in a flexible environment where in-office, remote, or hybrid arrangements are supported, with equity and performance-based rewards as part of our