Principal Backend Software Engineer

About the role

Atlassian is looking for a Principal Backend Software Engineer to join its engineering team in Bengaluru, with the option to work remotely across India. The role focuses on tackling the largest and most complex problems on the team, from technical design to launch, and on delivering solutions used by other teams and products.

Key responsibilities

• Tackle the largest and most complex problems on the team, from technical design to launch
• Determine plans of attack on large projects and solve complex architecture challenges, applying architectural standards to new projects
• Lead code reviews and documentation, and take on complex bug fixes, especially on high-risk problems
• Set the standard for thorough, meaningful code reviews
• Partner across engineering teams on company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects
• Mentor more junior members of the team

Required profile

• 12+ years of hands-on software/technology leadership roles with end-to-end responsibility through the software development lifecycle
• Bachelor's or Master's degree (preferably Computer Science or equivalent experience)
• Understanding of SaaS, PaaS and IaaS industries, with hands-on experience with public cloud offerings (AWS, GCP or Azure)
• Ability to evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, space and time
• Experience mentoring engineers and influencing decision makers, considering customer impact in technical decisions
• Experience in Developer Experience or Developer Productivity

Required skills

• Expertise in one or more languages such as Java, Python, Kotlin, Go or Scala
• Proficiency in Java or NodeJS, plus experience in at least one additional language
• CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment)

What we offer

• Flexible working: office, home or a mix, depending on preference
• Base pay set within a range according to skills, knowledge and experience; eligibility for benefits, bonuses, commissions and equity
• Health and wellbeing resources and paid volunteer days