Senior Principal Engineer — Architecture & Tech Leadership

Atlassian; United States; Remote; USD 174,000 - 274,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Job summary

Atlassian offers roles that allow you to work from any location where we have a legal entity, including the United States. This position involves solving the most complex problems, leading technical initiatives, and elevating engineering standards across teams.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in full-stack development with prominent languages and a strong systems engineering background focused on testing, reliability, security, and observability.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of Full Stack development experience with languages like JavaScript, React, Java, Kotlin, Scala, Node.js.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• Strong preference for candidates in the Pacific Time (PT) zone.
• Deep experience in systems engineering at scale with testing, reliability, security, and observability.
• Excellent communication skills, able to explain complex technical issues to varied audiences.
• Experience mentoring junior team members.
• Familiarity with A/B testing techniques.

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

Skills

Full Stack development

JavaScript

React

Java

Kotlin

Scala

Node.js

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

Job description

Atlassian offers roles that allow you to work from any location where we have a legal entity, including the United States. This position involves solving the most complex problems, leading technical initiatives, and elevating engineering standards across teams.

The ideal candidate has 10+ years in full-stack development with prominent languages and a strong systems engineering background focused on testing, reliability, security, and observability.