Principal Fullstack Software Engineer

Atlassian; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

At Atlassian, engineers can choose where they work—office, home, or a mix—while the company supports family and personal goals. We hire in any country where we have a legal entity, enabling diverse collaboration across offices and remote locations.

The role focuses on solving large-scale technical challenges, shaping architecture, and elevating engineering standards across teams, with strong emphasis on leadership and cross-team partnership.

Qualifications

• 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 and start using them on new projects.
• Be a champion across the Atlassian organisation for continually raising the technical bar and evangelizing a high technical standard.

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 and start using them on new projects.
• Be a champion across the Atlassian organisation for continually raising the technical bar and evangelizing a high technical standard.

Job description

Engineering | San Francisco, United States | Remote, Remote | Mountain View, United States or Remote | Seattle, United States | Canada, Canada | Remote, Americas

Working at Atlassian

Atlassians can choose where they work whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity.

In this role, you will

• 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 and start using them on new projects
• Be a champion across the Atlassian organisation for continually raising the technical bar and evangelizing a high technical standard
• Partner across Engineering teams to take on company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects
• Transfer your depth of knowledge and share best engineering practices to improve engineering excellence
• Mentor and grow the next generation of technical leaders at Atlassian

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate's skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range.

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