Scale-Focused Principal Engineer, Jira Platform Search

Atlassian; Amsterdam; Remote; EUR 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Volunteer days

Equity

Job summary

Atlassian is hiring a Principal Software Engineer for the Jira Platform Search team. You will architect and lead high-scale search solutions, decomposing monolith services into resilient microservices handling billions of daily requests.

You will partner with managers, product owners, and architects to drive multi-quarter roadmaps and ensure Tier-0 reliability across a global cloud. You will mentor engineers, set engineering standards, and guide cross-functional programs while deepening domain

Qualifications

• 10+ years in hands-on software/technology architect roles with end-to-end SDLC ownership.
• Deep production experience in OpenSearch or Elasticsearch and Lucene internals.
• Experience designing tenant isolation, data partitioning, shard placement, routing and capacity strategies for distributed search systems.
• Proven improvements to search latency, indexing throughput, availability, and efficiency on OpenSearch/Elasticsearch.
• Expertise in reliable ingestion, index freshness, data correctness and online reindexing.
• Experience with Lucene, Solr, or other search technologies.
• Strong depth in distributed architectures, cloud-native services, and asynchronous/event-driven systems.
• Proven track record architecting, operating, and scaling high-throughput distributed systems and cloud services (AWS/GCP).
• Hands-on familiarity with Java, Kotlin, or Kubernetes ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Technical Delivery: Drive solutions for high-complexity problems from architectural design through to successful production launch.
• Strategic Execution: Define technical roadmaps, scoping, and execution strategies for large-scale engineering initiatives.
• Architectural Excellence: Resolve complex systems design challenges while establishing scalable architectural standards across new projects.
• Engineering Quality & Resilience: Lead high-impact code reviews, technical documentation, and diagnosis/resolution of critical defects.
• Review Standards & Best Practices: Set the benchmark for rigorous code review practices across the team.
• Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with cross-organizational teams to execute company-wide programs across multiple workstreams.
• Domain & Technical Adaptability: Master new technology stacks and drive high-performance engineering outcomes.
• Talent Development: Mentor and develop emerging engineering talent, elevating technical rigor.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud-native

Java

Kubernetes

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

OpenSearch

Elasticsearch

Lucene

Job description

Atlassian is hiring a Principal Software Engineer for the Jira Platform Search team. You will architect and lead high-scale search solutions, decomposing monolith services into resilient microservices handling billions of daily requests.

You will partner with managers, product owners, and architects to drive multi-quarter roadmaps and ensure Tier-0 reliability across a global cloud. You will mentor engineers, set engineering standards, and guide cross-functional programs while deepening domain