Job Description
Job Overview
Atlassian is seeking a Senior Principal Engineer for their Core Data Platform. This role emphasizes collaboration across departments to deliver scalable solutions and high-level responsibilities, including mentoring junior engineers. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in backend technologies and a proven ability to tackle complex architecture challenges.
Technical Requirements
Required Skills
- • backend software development
- • distributed systems
- • cloud environments
- • AWS storage services
- • system design
- • performance optimization
Preferred Skills
- • Kotlin
- • Java
- • Go
- • Rust
- • Python
Experience Level
12+ years in backend software development with specific focus on distributed systems and large-scale storage solutions
Responsibilities
- • Collaborate with partner teams to define technical direction and OKRs
- • Tackle complex problems from technical design to implementation
- • Work across engineering teams on company-wide initiatives
- • Apply architectural standards on new projects
- • Build strategy and design solutions with product leaders
- • Own key OKRs and outcomes of critical projects in a microservices environment
- • Champion best practices for scalability, reliability, and performance
- • Drive opportunities for continuous improvements
- • Help hire and mentor engineers
Benefits & Perks
- • health coverage
- • paid volunteer days
- • wellness resources
- • bonuses
- • commissions
- • equity
Additional Information
- Location
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Seattle, United States; Remote options available
- Type
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Full-Time
- Compensation
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Base pay ranges from $198,300 to $318,600 depending on location and experience, with additional benefits