Senior Principal Software Architect, Enterprise DC (Remote)

Atlassian Corp.; Województwo świętokrzyskie; Hybrid; PLN 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing resources

Volunteer days

Job summary

At Atlassian, we are hiring a Senior Principal Engineer to set the long-term technical direction for Enterprise Data Center, guiding over 200 engineers under the Head of Engineering, Enterprise Data Center Products. You will own core architectural decisions and drive security, scalability, and cloud-native transitions across teams.

Your leadership will shape AI-powered transformations, migrations, and toolchains that keep our Data Center secure and dependable while guiding customers toward cloud

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in software engineering with leadership across multiple organisations or 80+ engineers.
• Strong technical leadership and ability to set direction across teams.
• Proficiency in Java or another JVM language; knowledge of OSGi is a bonus.
• Experience designing and building scalable enterprise-grade platforms.
• Track record influencing technical direction and educating teams.

Responsibilities

• Set long-term technical strategy for Data Center, ensuring security and maintainability.
• Lead the use of AI to transform Data Center engineering and migrations.
• Own cross-team architectural decisions and accountability for outcomes.
• Align Data Center with Cloud through shared data and platform services.
• Drive migration-readiness capabilities to help customers move to Cloud.
• Design sustainable security and maintenance models and influence platform decisions.
• Mentor engineers and engineering managers, and represent Atlassian externally.

Skills

Java / JVM

Kotlin

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Technical leadership

AI experience

Mentorship

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

OSGi knowledge

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure)

Job description

At Atlassian, we are hiring a Senior Principal Engineer to set the long-term technical direction for Enterprise Data Center, guiding over 200 engineers under the Head of Engineering, Enterprise Data Center Products. You will own core architectural decisions and drive security, scalability, and cloud-native transitions across teams.

Your leadership will shape AI-powered transformations, migrations, and toolchains that keep our Data Center secure and dependable while guiding customers toward cloud