Principal Engineer, Trusted Data Platform — Remote-First

Atlassian; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlassian is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead and architect high-scale distributed storage systems on AWS. You will design, implement, and optimize backend storage services, ensuring throughput, latency, and durability at enterprise scale.

You will mentor engineers, run architecture reviews, and collaborate with SREs on observability, security, and cost optimization. This role offers distributed-first, flexible work options across the West US and beyond.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of backend software development experience.
• 5+ years AWS storage services experience (S3, DynamoDB, EBS, EFS, FSx, Glacier).
• Strong system design and scalability expertise for large-scale storage.
• Proficiency in Kotlin, Java, Go, Rust or Python.
• Experience with highly available, fault-tolerant storage architectures.
• Security, encryption, and compliance knowledge (SOC2, GDPR, HIPAA).

Responsibilities

• Design and optimize high-scale, distributed storage systems.
• Lead architecture reviews and root cause analyses.
• Mentor senior engineers and shape technical roadmaps.
• Collaborate with SREs on observability, security, and cost optimization.

Skills

Backend systems

Distributed systems

Mentoring

Roadmaps

Observability

Cost optimization

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS/SE

Tools

AWS Storage

Terraform

Kubernetes

CloudFormation

DynamoDB

Job description

Atlassian is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead and architect high-scale distributed storage systems on AWS. You will design, implement, and optimize backend storage services, ensuring throughput, latency, and durability at enterprise scale.

You will mentor engineers, run architecture reviews, and collaborate with SREs on observability, security, and cost optimization. This role offers distributed-first, flexible work options across the West US and beyond.