Principal Full-Stack Engineer — Remote, US

Atlassian; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 274,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellbeing resources

Volunteer days

Job summary

At Atlassian, a leading distributed-first software company, we are seeking a Principal Full Stack Software Engineer to deliver creative improvements for engineering teams. This fully remote role is located in the United States, with compensation tiered across pay zones and comprehensive benefits.

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership on large-scale projects, tackle architecture challenges, mentor engineers, and drive standards across the engineering organisation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Experience at scale focusing on testing, reliability, security, and observability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; ability to explain complex technical issues to varied audiences.
• Experience mentoring junior engineers and collaborating across teams.
• Familiarity with A/B testing techniques.

Responsibilities

• Regularly tackle the largest and most complex problems on the team, from technical design to launch.
• Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects and determine plans-of-attack on large projects.
• Routinely tackle complex architecture challenges and apply architectural standards on new projects.
• Be a champion across the Atlassian organisation for raising the technical bar and evangelizing a high technical standard.
• Partner across Engineering teams to take on company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects.
• Transfer depth of knowledge and share best engineering practices to improve engineering excellence.
• Mentor and grow the next generation of technical leaders at Atlassian.

Skills

Systems engineering

Testing

Reliability

Security

Observability

Communication

Mentoring

A/B testing

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in CS or related

Job description

At Atlassian, a leading distributed-first software company, we are seeking a Principal Full Stack Software Engineer to deliver creative improvements for engineering teams. This fully remote role is located in the United States, with compensation tiered across pay zones and comprehensive benefits.

The successful candidate will provide technical leadership on large-scale projects, tackle architecture challenges, mentor engineers, and drive standards across the engineering organisation.