Director, AI Platform Engineering

Atlassian Corp.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 244,000 - 318,000; Full time

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Job summary

Atlassian is hiring a Technical Head of Engineering to lead the Agent Platform, blending people-management with deep technical leadership in applied ML and production-quality AI experiences. The role supports flexible work locations and emphasizes platform reusability, reliability, and security across Atlassian products.

The leader will translate AI strategy into practical platform capabilities, guide senior engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful agentic

Responsibilities

• Set technical and execution direction in partnership with product, engineering, ML, data, and platform stakeholders.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of engineers working on agent platform capabilities, including hiring, performance management, career development, and team health.
• Be technically hands-on and write production code.
• Guide technical decisions across applied ML systems, agent workflows, context retrieval, evaluation, quality measurement, observability, and production operations.
• Create a strong operating cadence: goals, planning, prioritization, risk management, decision-making, and cross-team communication.
• Ensure the team balances speed with quality, trust, security, privacy, cost efficiency, and operational readiness.
• Partner with leaders across Rovo, Product and platform teams across Atlassian to align roadmaps and dependencies.
• Build an inclusive, high-accountability team culture where engineers can do their best work and grow their craft.

Job description

Atlassian is hiring a Technical Head of Engineering to lead the Agent Platform, blending people-management with deep technical leadership in applied ML and production-quality AI experiences. The role supports flexible work locations and emphasizes platform reusability, reliability, and security across Atlassian products.

The leader will translate AI strategy into practical platform capabilities, guide senior engineers, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver impactful agentic