Security Engineer, 2027 Graduate U.S.

Atlassian Corp.; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 133,000 - 174,000; Full time

Job summary

At Atlassian, the Grad++ program blends hands-on security engineering training with mentorship and strong collaboration. This hybrid Seattle-based role requires working from the location and offers opportunities to develop security capabilities, investigate risks, and contribute to team operations.

You’ll use AI-assisted coding and research tools, document findings, and grow technical judgment with increasing responsibility.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled full-time in a bachelor or master's program in Computer Science or a related technical field and graduating by August 2027.
• Knowledge of data structures and how they are implemented to meet security challenges.
• Familiarity with common design patterns.
• Demonstrated interest in security through coursework, work, internship or projects.
• Hands-on experience investigating security weaknesses through testing, code analysis, or security research (preferred).
• Exposure to areas such as application security, cloud security, IAM, endpoint security, or data protection (preferred).
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools or building with LLMs (preferred).
• Examples of technical work (projects, write-ups, or open-source contributions) (preferred).
• Optional: include links to publicly shareable security write-ups or projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and maintain security capabilities and tools.
• Investigate technical problems and contribute to team operations.
• Build AI-assisted security capabilities and validate outputs.
• Conduct security research and communicate findings and impact clearly.
• Collaborate with security and software engineers through design reviews and code reviews.
• Document solutions and limitations for reuse by others.

Skills

Data structures

Design patterns

Security research interests

AI-assisted development tools

LLM APIs usage

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science or related

Job description

Your Future Org

Atlassian’s Grad++ program combines hands‑on technical training, professional growth opportunities, dedicated mentorship, and strong social connections. This holistic approach empowers students to hit the ground running and sets them up for a successful and impactful career at Atlassian!

This is a hybrid role located in Seattle, WA. You must be willing and able to work out of this location to qualify.

This position is not eligible for F1 and J1 students. It is not available for any work sponsorship.

Your Future Team

Atlassian’s Security team helps protect our products, customers, and the systems and data Atlassians use every day. We combine software engineering, security research, and investigation to identify risks and build practical ways to address them.

You’ll develop and maintain security capabilities, investigate technical problems, and contribute to ongoing team operations. Working alongside experienced security engineers, you’ll receive guidance and feedback while building your technical judgment and taking on increasing responsibility.

Develop, test, and maintain tools and automation that help teams find security weaknesses, investigate findings, and prioritize risks, with guidance and increasing independence.

Conduct security research and analyze results to understand potential weaknesses, distinguish actionable findings from false positives, and communicate their impact.

Use AI‑assisted coding and research tools while validating their outputs. Depending on the work, build AI‑assisted security capabilities or investigate risks in AI‑enabled systems.

Contribute to ongoing security operations, maintain documentation, and identify opportunities to improve team tools and workflows.

Own assigned work and collaborate with security and software engineers through design discussions, code reviews, and regular feedback. Raise blockers and seek guidance when needed.

Demonstrate your solutions, explain their results and limitations, and document them so others can use and maintain them.

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.

Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.

This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.

In The United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:

Zone A: $133,200 - $173,900

Zone B: $120,600 - $157,450

Zone C: $110,556 - $144,337

Minimum Qualifications

Currently enrolled full time in a bachelor or masters program in Computer Science or a related technical field and are graduating by August 2027.

Knowledge of data structures, in particular how they are implemented and how to apply them meet security challenges

Familiarity with the application of common design patterns

Demonstrated interest in the security field through academic coursework, previous work or internship experience, or personal projects

Preferred Qualifications

Hands‑on experience investigating security weaknesses through application testing, code analysis, configuration reviews, or security research.

Exposure to one or more areas such as application security, cloud security, identity and access management, endpoint security, or data protection.

Experience using AI‑assisted development tools or building with LLM APIs, including testing and validating their outputs.

Examples of technical work that explain your approach, findings, and results, such as projects, security write‑ups, or open‑source contributions.

Experience can come from academic, personal, research, or internship work.

Optional Work Samples: If you have a publicly shareable project, security write‑up, or technical investigation, include a link with your application. We’re interested in how you approached the problem, validated your findings, and explained the results. Please do not share confidential information or undisclosed vulnerabilities.

Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits .

About Atlassian

At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.

We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.

In line with local law, identity verification (which may include use of biometric data) is a condition of employment with Atlassian for employment fraud purposes.

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