Senior Principal Engineer - Remote Architecture Leader

Atlassian; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 190,000 - 246,000; Full time

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Job summary

Atlassian is seeking a senior full‑stack engineer to tackle large, complex problems across design and launch. You’ll lead technically on high‑impact projects, drive architectural standards, and evangelize engineering excellence.

You’ll mentor junior engineers and collaborate with multiple teams to deliver customer‑focused solutions. Ideal candidates have 10+ years in full‑stack development, strong CS background, and experience with testing, reliability, security, and observability, preferably in

Qualifications

• 10+ years experience in Full Stack development
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Strong preference for candidates located in or aligned with the Pacific Time (PT) zone
• Deep experience in systems engineering at scale with testing, reliability, security, and observability
• Excellent communication skills in written and verbal forms, able to convey complex technical issues
• Experience mentoring junior team members
• Consider customer impact when making technical decisions
• 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 and start using them on new projects
• Be a champion across the Atlassian organisation for continually raising the technical bar and evangelizing a high technical standard
• Partner across Engineering teams to take on company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects
• Transfer your depth of knowledge and share 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

Communication

Mentoring juniors

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Atlassian is seeking a senior full‑stack engineer to tackle large, complex problems across design and launch. You’ll lead technically on high‑impact projects, drive architectural standards, and evangelize engineering excellence.

You’ll mentor junior engineers and collaborate with multiple teams to deliver customer‑focused solutions. Ideal candidates have 10+ years in full‑stack development, strong CS background, and experience with testing, reliability, security, and observability, preferably in