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About the Role
We're looking for a Principal Backend Software Engineer passionately focused on delivering creative improvements for our engineering teams.
Responsibilities
- Regularly unblock challenges faced in the software development cycle, from technical design to launch
- Create solutions that are used by other teams and products
- Determine plans-of-attack on large projects
- Routinely solve complex architecture challenges and apply architectural standards
- Lead code reviews and documentation
- Take on complex bug fixes, especially on high-risk problems
- Set the standard for meaningful code reviews
- Partner across engineering teams to take on company-wide projects
- Transfer depth of knowledge from your current language to excel as a Software Engineer
- Mentor more junior members of the team
Requirements
- 10+ years experience in multiple hands-on software/technology leadership roles, with end-to-end responsibility through the software development lifecycle
- 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
- Consideration of customer impact when making technical decisions
Skills
- Java
- Python
- Kotlin
- Go
- Scala
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
- Developer Experience
- Developer Productivity
- NodeJS
- CI (Continuous Integration)
- CD (Continuous Deployment)
Location
- US Pacific time zones
- US Mountain time zones
Work Type
- Fully remote
Experience Level
- Principal
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree with a preference for Computer Science degree
Salary/Compensations
- Zone A: $209,700 - $273,775
- Zone B: $188,730 - $246,398
- Zone C: $174,051 - $227,233
Benefits
- Health and wellbeing resources
- Paid volunteer days
About the Company
- 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.
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 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.
- 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.