Principal Backend Software Engineer

About the role

Atlassians can choose where they work – whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. This role is fully remote but requires you to be located in either US Pacific or Mountain time zones. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity.

You’ll join a team passionately focused on delivering creative improvements for our engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Regularly unblock challenges faced in the software development cycle, from technical design to launch
• Create solutions that are used by other teams and products
• Determine plans-of-attack on large projects
• Routinely solve complex architecture challenges and apply architectural standards on new projects
• Lead code reviews and documentation and take on complex bug fixes, especially on high-risk problems
• Set the standard for meaningful code reviews
• Partner across engineering teams to take on company-wide projects
• Transfer your depth of knowledge from your current language to excel as a Software Engineer
• Mentor more junior members of the team

Requirements

• 10+ years experience in multiple hands-on software/technology leadership roles, with end-to-end responsibility through the software development lifecycle
• Bachelor's degree with a preference for Computer Science
• Expertise with one or more prominent languages such as Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, or Scala
• Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry with hands-on experience with public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Knowledge to evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, space and time
• Practice in mentoring other engineers and influencing decision makers throughout the organization
• Consideration of customer impact when making technical decisions

Skills

If you’ve got these skills, even better:

• Experience in Developer Experience or Developer Productivity
• Proficiency in Java or NodeJS
• Experience in at least one additional language
• Experience in CI (Continuous Integration) and CD (Continuous Deployment)

Pay

Atlassian follows consistent hiring practices and accounts for skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range. In the United States, we have three geographic pay zones for this role:

• Zone A: $209,700 - $273,775
• Zone B: $188,730 - $246,398
• Zone C: $174,051 - $227,233

This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity. Please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.

Benefits

Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family, and your local community, including:

• Health and wellbeing resources
• Paid volunteer days