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Senior Engineering Manager - Networking

Sydney, Australia

As a Senior Engineering Manager for Networking Platform Services team, you own services and runtimes that interconnect thousands of microservices at scale. These enable a lot of application capabilities (both features and performance) for several Atlassian offerings, including Jira and Confluence, two of the flagship services. There is a lot of opportunity to define and deliver innovation like Edge Computing as well.

You'll be a leader coaching leads and engineers that report to you, supporting them in their professional development to unlock their potential. You'll also play a critical role in the org's leadership team, working with other engineering managers, architects and product managers to steer the organisation by contributing to the strategy and helping determine the right problems for the teams to invest in solving.

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  • Lead and grow the team, including technical leaders
  • Work with leaders across the organization and Principal Engineers/Architects to guide the technical roadmap for scaling and evolving the services
  • Accountable for reliability, security, performance and scale of all the services you own
  • Work with teams across the company to drive adoption of horizontal services you own
  • Drive cultural change through technical excellence, quality and efficiency
  • Support teams in driving large projects with complex dependencies and multiple stakeholders
  • Guide teams responsible for running mission-critical production services


  • 10+ years experience building large-scale web software and operating it in production
  • Experience influencing teams outside your own organisation with data and insights
  • Demonstrated ability to foster an innovation culture in your teams
  • Experience with large-scale distributed systems and microservices
  • Experience balancing Ops and Development investment

Client-provided location(s): Sydney NSW, Australia; Auckland, New Zealand
Job ID: Atlassian-13803
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • On-Site Gym
    • HSA
  • Parental Benefits

    • Adoption Leave
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
    • Work-From-Home Stipend
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Holiday Events
    • Casual Dress
    • Pet-friendly Office
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • On-Site Cafeteria
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Unlimited Paid Time Off
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Volunteer Time Off
    • Sabbatical
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Company Equity
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Access to Online Courses
    • Internship Program
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Promote From Within
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Founder led
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program

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