Principal Backend Software Engineer
Straight from Atlassian’s careers page. Apply on the company site — no recruiter, no middleman.
In this role, you will:
Regularly tackle the largest and most complex problems on the team, from technical design to launch
Deliver solutions that are used by other teams and products
Determine plans-of-attack on large projects
Routinely tackle complex architecture challenges and apply architectural standards and start using them on new projects
Lead code reviews and documentation, as well as take on complex bug fixes, especially on high-risk problems
Set the standard for thorough, meaningful code reviews
Partner across Engineering teams to take on company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects
Transfer your depth of knowledge from your current language to excel as a Software Engineer
Mentor more junior members of the team
Your background:
10+ years experience in multiple hands-on software/technology leadership roles, with end-to-end responsibility through the software development lifecycle.
Bachelors or Masters degree (preferably a Computer Science degree or equivalent experience).
Expertise with one or more prominent languages such as Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, or Scala is required.
Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry with hands-on experience with public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure).
Knowledge to evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, space and time.
Practice in mentoring other engineers and influencing decision makers throughout the organization.
Considers the customer impact when making technical decisions.
Experience in Developer Experience or Developer Productivity.
Proficiency in Java or NodeJS.
Experience in at least one additional language.
Experience in CI (Continuous Integration) and CD (Continuous Deployment)
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, were 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 everyones 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.
In line with local law, identity verification (which may include use of biometric data) is a condition of employment with Atlassian for employment fraud purposes.
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