Senior Full-Stack Engineer - Backend-First, API & UI

Atlassian; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlassian is seeking a senior full‑stack engineer to support our DX team. You will ship features end‑to‑end, from shaping vague problems with product and design to delivering high‑quality code and measuring impact.

You’ll work with Ruby on Rails, raw SQL, React and TailwindCSS, building scalable REST APIs and customer‑facing components, while collaborating across disciplines. This role embraces flexible work locations and cross‑geo collaboration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building backend applications with a lean toward fullstack
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Proficiency in modern OO languages (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Go, Scala, Python)
• Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and React
• Experience crafting scalable RESTful microservices
• Fluency with databases (Postgres or DynamoDB)
• Familiarity with AWS or cloud architectures
• Strong collaboration and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Build and ship features daily in a highly scalable, cross-geo environment
• Develop backend-heavy fullstack features and REST APIs while contributing to React components
• Review code for readability, tests, docs, reliability, security, and performance
• Collaborate with engineers, designers, and product managers to address user pain points
• Ensure visibility, error reporting, and monitoring of backend services
• Participate in Agile practices (standups, sprints, retrospectives)
• Write performant SQL for complex queries and data workflows
• Shape problem statements with product/design and propose pragmatic tech solutions
• Own projects end-to-end from architecture to monitoring
• Maintain high quality: clear code, tests, and monitoring
• Contribute to engineering practices and data reliability

Skills

5+ years experience

Fullstack development

React/TypeScript experience

RESTful microservices

SQL/database knowledge

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

Tools

Ruby on Rails

React

Node.js

TailwindCSS

Job description

Atlassian is seeking a senior full‑stack engineer to support our DX team. You will ship features end‑to‑end, from shaping vague problems with product and design to delivering high‑quality code and measuring impact.

You’ll work with Ruby on Rails, raw SQL, React and TailwindCSS, building scalable REST APIs and customer‑facing components, while collaborating across disciplines. This role embraces flexible work locations and cross‑geo collaboration.