Senior Backend Software Engineer

Atlassian Corp.; Canada; Remote; CAD 145,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & wellbeing

Volunteer days

Benefits

Job summary

Atlassian offers a fully remote backend role for Canada-based applicants, within PST/MT time zones. You will design, build and scale backend services in a SaaS environment, taking ownership of architectural decisions and leading code reviews.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate across teams, and work on high-impact features using Java and other modern languages. Canada base pay ranges are provided for new hires.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building backend applications
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS
• Senior-level experience with Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, or Scala
• Experience with cloud offerings (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Fluency in databases (RDBMS or NoSQL)
• Experience crafting scalable microservices and distributed systems
• Knowledge of agile methodologies
• Mentoring engineers and influencing decisions

Responsibilities

• Drive large, complex projects autonomously from design to launch
• Lead code reviews and documentation, fix high-risk issues
• Mentor engineers and influence decision-makers
• Collaborate across teams on company-wide initiatives
• Translate depth of knowledge to effective backend solutions

Skills

Java

Python

Kotlin

Go

Scala

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

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 help our teams work together effectively, this role is fully remote but requires you to be located in Canada within the PST or MT timezones.

What You'll Do:

Drive large, complex projects autonomously, from technical design to launch

Tackle complex architecture challenges, apply architectural standards and start using them on new projects

Lead code reviews & documentation as well as take on complex bug fixes, especially on high-risk problems

Be an example for thorough, meaningful code reviews

Partner across engineering teams to tackle company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects

Transfer your depth of knowledge from your current language to excel as a Java developer.

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.

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

In Canada, for this role, our current base pay range for new hires is:

Canada: CA$144,900 - CA$189,175

Your Background:

5+ years experience building and developing backend applications

Bachelor's or Master's degree with a preference for Computer Science degree

Senior-level experience with one or more prominent languages such as Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, or Scala is required.

Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry with hands-on experience with public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)

Fluency in any one database technology (e.g. RDBMS like Oracle or Postgres and/or NoSQL like DynamoDB or Cassandra)

Experience crafting and implementing well-tested, highly scalable and performant micro-services and/or other distributed systems

Practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies (e.g., XP, scrum)

Knowledge to evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, space and time

Practice in mentoring other engineers and influencing decision makers throughout the organization

Considers the customer impact when making technical decisions

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.

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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