Senior Principal Software Engineer

Atlassian • Mountain View, CA

89d • $198,900 - $312,550

About The Position

Atlassians can choose where they work – whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
• 10+ years of experience working as a senior Software Engineer.
• 5+ years of experience acting as a Technical Lead for a team of engineers.
• Experience with building scalable platforms.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams, influence decision-making, and drive strategic initiatives across departments.
• Proven ability and experience in being innovative and having measurable outcomes thereof.
• Strong leadership skills necessary for driving technical roadmaps, mentoring senior engineers, and leading design reviews across the organization.
• A background in consulting is beneficial, equipping candidates with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and drive tradeoffs effectively.
• Ability to tackle ambiguous and complex problems creatively, with a focus on maintaining high standards of technical excellence.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in Identity Access Management Solutions is highly valued.
• Experience with AI/ML and Gen AI is highly valuable.

Responsibilities

• Regularly tackle the largest and most complex problems on the team, from technical design to launch.
• Partner across engineering teams to take on company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects.
• Routinely tackle complex architecture challenges and apply architectural standards, starting with new projects.
• Work across senior engineering and product leaders to build strategy and design solutions to earn customers' trust and business.
• Lead a large team of Principals to tackle some of the broadest impacting and technically complex problems with a platform mindset.
• Collaborate across departments, linking technical solutions to business objectives, and enhancing productivity while maintaining operational quality.

Benefits

• Health and wellbeing resources.
• Paid volunteer days.
• Equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs.
• Eligibility for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees