Senior Data Engineer — Remote Data Architect & Leader

Atlassian; Mountain View (CA); Remote; USD 167,000 - 219,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlassian is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design scalable data systems and drive data-driven decisions. You will collaborate with business stakeholders and engineering teams to translate needs into technical solutions, delivering robust ELT/ETL pipelines and high-performance data models.

You will own end-to-end data engineering lifecycle, mentor engineers, and contribute to a resilient, self-service data platform used across the organization.

Qualifications

• BE in Computer Science or equivalent with 6+ years of professional experience.
• Experience building scalable data pipelines in Spark using Airflow.
• Experience with Databricks and its APIs; proficient with modern databases and data lakes.

Responsibilities

• Design premier data architecture and solutions for strategic decision-making.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to translate operational needs into technical requirements.
• Lead high-impact, company-wide data initiatives and ensure system efficiency.
• Develop, deploy, and optimize ELT/ETL pipelines for large-scale datasets.
• Own end-to-end data engineering lifecycle and participate in on-call rotation.
• Partner with software teams to build self-service data systems.

Skills

Spark

Airflow

Databricks

SQL

Python/Scala

CICD

Batch & Streaming

SAAS

Machine Learning

Open Source

Self-service tooling

Education

BE in Computer Science

Tools

Airflow

Databricks

Redshift

DynamoDB

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Job description

Atlassian is seeking a Senior Data Engineer to design scalable data systems and drive data-driven decisions. You will collaborate with business stakeholders and engineering teams to translate needs into technical solutions, delivering robust ELT/ETL pipelines and high-performance data models.

You will own end-to-end data engineering lifecycle, mentor engineers, and contribute to a resilient, self-service data platform used across the organization.