Senior Principal Engineering Manager / Head of Engineering

Atlassian•Seattle, WA

9d•$202,437 - $318,425•Remote

About The Position

Atlassian is seeking a Senior Principal Engineering Manager / Head of Engineering (M70) to lead the Atlassian Guard engineering organization. Atlassian Guard is an enterprise-grade security product that helps organizations protect critical data across the Atlassian cloud ecosystem, with capabilities including data loss prevention, threat detection, identity and access management, audit logging, and security policy enforcement. The role owns engineering strategy, team health, and delivery excellence for Atlassian Guard. The leader will guide multiple engineering teams, partner with Product, Design, and Go-to-Market stakeholders, and be accountable for building a security product that scales to serve hundreds of thousands of enterprise customers. Atlassians can work from an office, from home, or a combination of the two. Hiring is possible in any country where Atlassian has a legal entity.

Requirements

15+ years of experience in software engineering.
7+ years of experience in engineering management, including manager-of-managers experience leading multi-team organizations.
Proven record of building, scaling, and leading high-performing engineering teams in a fast-paced SaaS or cloud environment.
Deep understanding of cloud security domains such as identity and access management, data protection, threat detection, or compliance.
Strong technical acumen and ability to engage meaningfully in architectural decisions, system design, and technical trade-offs.
Experience delivering enterprise-grade products with high reliability and scale requirements.
Exceptional communication and influence skills, including presenting to executives, partnering with cross-functional leaders, and inspiring large teams.
Ability to think strategically while maintaining a strong bias for action and execution.
Experience working in agile or lean environments and driving continuous improvement in engineering processes.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading organizations of 50 or more engineers.
Experience with cloud security compliance requirements such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, or FedRAMP.

Responsibilities

Lead and scale a multi-team engineering organization, including managers of managers, hiring, retention, performance management, and organizational design.
Build a high-performance culture grounded in psychological safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Coach and mentor engineering managers and senior individual contributors to develop their careers and impact.
Promote engineering best practices in architecture, reliability, security, and operational readiness.
Define and own Atlassian Guard's engineering vision and technical strategy, aligned with Atlassian's broader platform and security strategy.
Partner with Product Management and Design to shape the multi-year product roadmap and balance customer value, technical investment, and operational sustainability.
Drive innovation in cloud security in response to evolving threats, compliance requirements, and industry trends.
Own delivery of complex, multi-quarter programs across multiple teams, ensuring predictability, quality, and customer impact.
Establish and track engineering metrics, including velocity, reliability, quality, and team health, to support data-informed decisions.
Ensure Atlassian Guard meets high standards for availability, performance, and incident response.
Collaborate with engineering leaders, platform teams, security teams, and executive stakeholders across Atlassian to drive alignment and remove blockers.
Represent Atlassian Guard in senior leadership forums and contribute to company-wide engineering strategy and investment decisions.
Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Solutions Engineering to meet enterprise customer needs and support business growth.