Senior Principal Engineer

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.

We're transforming Atlassian and efficiency is at the heart of this transformation for us and for our customers. By deeply understanding our systems and the cloud platforms we are operating on, we can design and implement systems and strategies for increasing the effectiveness of the resource consumption and hence minimizing the cost while maximizing the performance of our systems as well as our customers.

We're looking for an experienced Senior Principal Engineer to provide architectural oversight and technical leadership to our growing Resource Efficiency organization. You will bring a wealth of experience in architecting complex cloud scale systems. You will also need to be comfortable working with senior leadership and in navigating cross org challenges. You will be working with the team to define architectural/organizational future states that we can scale going forward. You will be key for making the calls to balance the vision for the problem space and the current business & technology critical challenges. The role will report directly to the Head of Engineering for Resource Efficiency. This is a remote-friendly opportunity.

Basic Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science or related technical field or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of experience developing large scale distributed systems.
• 4+ years of experience providing architectural oversight and technical leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills and a track record of cross-group/cross-discipline collaboration.
• Broad experience architecting, designing, and building large-scale distributed systems.
• Broad knowledge and understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS with hands-on experience of one or more public cloud offerings (ideally AWS and/or GCP).
• Fluency in any modern object-oriented programming language (e.g., Java, Golang, Python, Javascript, go etc.) and in architecture patterns for distributed systems.
• Experience with financial aspects of running complex services at scale.
• Able to drive the long term vision and strategy.
• You will have strong empathy and a bias for action.
• Quick learner who thrives in an ambiguous environment.

Compensation

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience. In the United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:

Zone A: $239,400 - $312,550

Zone B: $216,000 - $282,000

Zone C: $198,900 - $259,675

This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.

Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.

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.

Client-provided location(s): Seattle, WA, San Francisco, CA, Flexible / Remote

Job ID: Atlassian-20516

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-08-22T19:20:07