Principal Software Engineer

Atlassian; New York (NY); Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

At Atlassian, we are hiring product-minded Principal Engineers who sit at the seam between deep technical craft and sharp product judgment. This is a hands-on individual-contributor role owning customer-facing products end to end across the full stack, shaping what gets built rather than just how, and building the next generation of AI-native experiences used by teams worldwide.

You will collaborate with product, design, data, and engineering to influence strategy, evaluate trade-offs for

Qualifications

• 10+ years of full stack experience in product and platform engineering.
• Proven ability to architect, build, and operate large-scale distributed systems.
• Operational excellence: automated tests, production telemetry, and reliability.
• Strong product and UX mindset.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration across teams.
• Passion for innovation, mentorship, and inclusive engineering culture.

Responsibilities

• Own customer-facing product experiences end to end across the full stack, turning ambiguous problems into shipped, measurable outcomes.
• Lead technical strategy and implement large-scale features and systems.
• Partner with product, design, data, and engineering to influence product strategy and direction.
• Evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, and customer impact to build the right solution.
• Contribute to system design, code reviews, documentation, and best practices with security, performance, and reliability in mind.
• Mentor and level up the engineering organization by sharing your expertise.

Skills

Full stack

Product strategy

Large-scale systems

Mentorship

UX mindset

Security mindset

Job description

Engineering | San Francisco, United States | Remote, Remote | Seattle, United States | New York, United States | Canada, Canada

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.

We're looking for product-minded Principal Engineers. This is a hands-on individual-contributor role for engineers who sit at the seam between deep technical craft and sharp product judgment. You'll own customer-facing products end to end across the full stack, shape what gets built rather than just how, and build the next generation of AI-native and agentic experiences used by teams all over the planet.

In this role, you will:

• Own customer-facing product experiences end to end across the full stack - taking ambiguous problems all the way to shipped, measured outcomes
• Lead technical strategy and the implementation large-scale features and systems
• Partner with product, design, data, and engineering to influence product strategy and direction
• Evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, and customer impact to ensure we build the right solution
• Contribute to system design, code reviews, documentation, and best practices with security, performance and reliability in mind
• Mentor and level up the engineering organization by sharing your expertise

• 10+ years of full stack experience in product and platform engineering
• Proven ability to architect, build, and operate large-scale, distributed systems and user-facing applications
• Extensive experience establishing operational excellence, automated testing strategies, production telemetry, and managing service reliability
• Strong product and UX mindset
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills; able to influence and partner across teams and organizations towards business outcomes
• Passion for innovation, continuous improvement, mentorship, and fostering an inclusive, high-performing engineering environment

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.