Working at Atlassian

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.

As a Principal Engineer in the Cloud Transition team, you will be key in designing, developing, and implementing backend systems that underpin our cloud transition initiatives. You will work closely with cross-functional teams to define the architecture, establish best practices, and mentor junior engineers. Your expertise will be vital in optimizing our capabilities for cloud environments.

• Lead the design and development of scalable and reliable backend systems for cloud-based applications.

• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and other stakeholders to define technical requirements and system architecture.

• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.

• Implement best practices for software development, including code reviews, testing, and documentation.

• Analyze and optimize system performance to ensure high availability and low latency.

• Stay current with industry trends and emerging technologies related to cloud computing and backend development.

• Participate in the full software development lifecycle, from concept to deployment and maintenance.

• Work on platform capabilities to power customer-facing solutions/experiences such as migration assistants (JCMA, CCMA), App Migrations, and Routine Admin tasks (sandbox data clone, cloud-to-cloud data transformation, backup-restore).

• Engage in compliance initiatives across platform and product stacks ranging from cloud infrastructure to product experiences.

• Collaborate with Core Engineering, products, and platform teams on high-scale and high-reliability transformative architecture, such as Kafka & Kafka Stream adoption.

• Ensure the adoption of world-class engineering and operational practices across teams.

• Partner across the enterprise group and various Platform teams to deliver key architecture outcomes for strategic programs.

• Act as a change agent in bringing in industry standards to boost velocity and engineering best practices.

• Provide architecture guidance for various critical programs in partnership with different Engineering Managers, other Engineers, and cross-functional teams.

• Add AI capabilities to our migration products and platform to make the migration process efficient

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.

• Preferably 10+ years of experience in the industry with proven AWS and SaaS skills.

• 8+ years of experience in backend software development, with a strong emphasis on cloud technologies.

• Extensive experience in streaming platforms such as Kafka or Flink

• Experience interacting with internal and external customers

• Must have worked on complex architectural challenges and at scale.

• Proficiency in programming languages such as Java, Python, or Go.

• Extensive experience with cloud platforms ( AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and microservices architecture.

• Strong understanding of database technologies (SQL and NoSQL) and data modeling.

• Experience with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to communicate crisply and talk technology to engineering and cross-functional teams.

Benefits & Perks

Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits.

About Atlassian

At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.

We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.

To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh.