Senior Principal Engineer - Jira Platform

About the role

Atlassian is looking for a Senior Principal Backend Software Engineer to join its Jira Data Management team, which works on Jira Cloud's data management capabilities, including data migration pathways and data-shape management. The role is responsible for the technical evolution and long-term architecture of Jira Data Management, and is open to candidates working remotely.

Key responsibilities

• Own the technical evolution and long-term architecture of Jira Data Management, shaping strategy for enterprise-scale data movement, governance, resiliency and data health.
• Lead the largest architectural initiatives across Jira Platform, from strategy and milestones through delivery, adoption and customer outcomes.
• Define and drive a 12-24 month roadmap for shared platform primitives, identify gaps and make clear trade-offs on priorities.
• Raise standards for reliability, performance, observability, security and operational excellence across systems handling critical enterprise data.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership through design reviews, deep investigations, incident reviews and high-risk problem solving, while mentoring Principal and senior engineers.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 12+ years of experience developing large-scale distributed systems.
• 4+ years of experience providing architectural oversight and technical leadership.
• Preferred: proven department-level influence on technical direction and architecture, and a track record of leading major architectural initiatives.

Required skills

• Preferred: extensive experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems, data streaming platforms and event-driven architectures.
• Preferred: broad knowledge of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS, and hands-on experience with public clouds, ideally AWS and/or GCP.
• Preferred: fluency in a modern object-oriented language such as Java, Go, Python or JavaScript, and architecture patterns for distributed systems.
• Preferred: experience mentoring senior engineers, leading technical reviews and improving engineering quality and productivity.

What we offer

• Compensation set within a range based on skills, knowledge and experience; eligibility for benefits, bonuses, commissions and equity.
• Health and wellbeing resources and paid volunteer days.
• Distributed-first work model with virtual interviews and onboarding.