About the Role
Atlassian enables its employees to choose their work location, offering flexibility for personal and family priorities. We hire globally where we have a legal entity.
Responsibilities
- Strong backend engineering experience with JVM-based languages (Java, Kotlin preferred)
- Experience with data-heavy platforms and streaming architectures (Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, Flink or similar)
- Understanding of patterns like change data capture (CDC), backpressure management, delivery semantics, and building resilient data pipelines
- Proven ability to operate and optimize systems at scale
- Experience designing for high throughput and low latency complex distributed workflows
- Multi-cloud or cloud-native infrastructure experience (AWS, GCP, or both)
- Familiarity with deploying and operating services across cloud providers
- Understanding of cloud primitives (S3, object storage, message queues)
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code
- Experience building platform capabilities that enable self-service for internal teams
- Handle complex tasks and small projects autonomously, ensuring high quality and proactive communication
- Follow through on commitments, taking ownership of work, ensuring timely delivery and alignment with team goals
- Write high-quality code that is well-structured, flexible, reusable, efficient, and adaptable
- Proficiency in the team's codebase and its associated languages, tools, libraries, idioms, and patterns
- Contribute to code reviews applying the team's high quality standard
- Embrace change, navigate ambiguity, and adapt quickly
- Collaborate with team and others to navigate complex and ambiguous situations
- Actively contribute to decisions impacting the team
- Use data to measure the impact of delivered features
Requirements
- 3-5 years of backend engineering experience with distributed systems and data-heavy platforms
Skills
- JVM-based languages (Java, Kotlin preferred)
- Kafka
- Kinesis
- SQS
- Flink
- Change data capture (CDC)
- Backpressure management
- Delivery semantics
- Resilient data pipelines
- Distributed systems
- High throughput and low latency workflows
- AWS
- GCP
- Cloud primitives (S3, object storage, message queues)
- Infrastructure-as-code
- Self-service platform capabilities
Work Type
- Office
- Home
- Combination of office and home
Experience Level
- 3-5 years of backend engineering experience
Salary/Compensations
- Zone A: $150,300 - $196,225
- Zone B: $135,200 - $176,603
- Zone C: $124,700 - $162,867
Benefits
- Health and wellbeing resources
- Paid volunteer days
About the Company
- Atlassian's software products help teams worldwide collaborate and achieve goals.
- We believe unique contributions from all employees drive our success.
- We are committed to fostering a culture that incorporates diverse perspectives and experiences.
Equal Opportunity
- We never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status.
- All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
- We provide accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process.
- Identity verification (which may include use of biometric data) is a condition of employment with Atlassian for employment fraud purposes.
