Software Engineer, Agentic AI

Atlassian; Kolkata; Hybrid; INR 1,500,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software development company is looking for a Software Engineer specialized in Agentic AI. You will build scalable AI-powered systems and mentor teammates. The ideal candidate has over 4 years of experience in backend development and is proficient in languages such as Java or Python. This position supports a hybrid work environment and offers full-time employment at a mid-senior level.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience building and developing backend applications.
• Experience crafting and implementing highly scalable and performant RESTful micro-services.
• Fluency in any one database technology.

Responsibilities

• Build AI Agents for admins that reduce friction and boost efficiency.
• Mentor and level up the skills of your teammates.
• Participate in Agile software development including daily stand-ups.

Skills

Backend application development

LLM-powered systems

RESTful micro-services

Problem-solving

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Java

Python

PostgreSQL

Job description

Overview

Join to apply for the Software Engineer, Agentic AI role 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. Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, as a part of being a distributed-first company.

About The Team

The Cloud Access & Intelligence (CAI) org at Atlassian focuses on AI-first solutions that simplify admin experiences, automate workflows, and enhance customer support through intelligent agents. We’re pushing the boundaries of LLM-based features, prompt engineering, and AI-driven automation to tackle complex customer and admin challenges. We’re a tight-knit team of ~10 engineers across Sydney and India.

Responsibilities

• Build AI Agents for admins that reduce friction and boost efficiency.
• Deliver reusable AI Agent components and patterns (prompt templates, evaluation, RAG, contextual retrieval, reporting)
• Scale AI adoption across Atlassian by standardizing agent development and enabling other teams to build faster
• Build and ship features and capabilities daily in highly scalable, cross-geo distributed environment
• Review code with best practices of readability, testing patterns, documentation, reliability, security, and performance considerations in mind
• Mentor and level up the skills of your teammates by sharing your expertise in formal and informal knowledge sharing sessions
• Ensure full visibility, error reporting, and monitoring of high performing backend services
• Participate in Agile software development including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, team retrospectives, show and tell demo sessions

Qualifications

Your background

• 4+ years of experience building and developing backend applications
• Bachelor's or Master's degree with a preference for a Computer Science degree
• A passionate backend engineer, eager to learn and ship impactful features
• Experience building LLM-powered systems and prompt engineering
• Familiarity with RAG pipelines, evaluation frameworks, or fine-tuning workflows
• Motivated to explore greenfield AI initiatives and learn continuously
• Experience crafting and implementing highly scalable and performant RESTful micro-services
• Proficiency in any modern object-oriented programming language (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Go, Scala, Python, etc.)
• Fluency in any one database technology (e.g. RDBMS like Oracle or Postgres and/or NoSQL like DynamoDB or Cassandra)
• Broad knowledge and understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry with hands-on experience of public cloud offerings (AWS, GAE, Azure)
• Skilled in writing clean, maintainable, well-tested code
• Strong in debugging and problem-solving, especially across services and APIs
• Comfortable in fast-paced, Agile, collaborative environments
• Excited to take ownership of modules and deliver end-to-end

If you’re excited about building scalable AI-powered systems, working with LLMs and prompt engineering, and contributing to impactful solutions that help customers and admins, we’d love to hear from you!

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Software Development

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