Principal Engineer Kubernetes Platform

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As a Principal Engineer with Deep Engineer archetype in Kubernetes Platform you will own technically complex high-impact outcomes from problem definition through production. You will bring deep expertise in agent infrastructure and distributed systems to shape the platforms architecture and technical direction. Youll make sound trade-offs across security isolation performance scalability portability cost and developer experience while remaining close to the code and operational reality.

You will influence across teams and geographies partner with product and engineering leaders and raise the effectiveness of engineers through coaching design leadership and practical engineering standards. Success will be measured by sustained outcomesnot activityincluding safer workloads faster iteration reliable services and leverage across Atlassian.

• Define and deliver the technical strategy for secure low-latency compute infrastructure for AI agents and untrusted workloads.

• Lead architecture and implementation of isolation scheduling lifecycle management networking policy enforcement observability and control-plane capabilities.

• Own end-to-end outcomes for ambiguous cross-team initiatives from design and prioritisation to launch adoption and measurable operational results.

• Advance portable cloud-native execution across GCP and AWS while balancing platform consistency with regional and workload needs.

• Champion operational excellence for a tier-0 platform: reliability security privacy incident learning performance and cost efficiency.

• Improve the developer experience through self-service APIs automation paved paths and clear platform contracts.

• Set direction through written proposals and thoughtful technical decisions; mentor engineers and help grow an inclusive high-performing team.

At Atlassian we strive to design equitable explainable and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidates skills knowledge and experience when setting base pay within the range.

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

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: $209700 - $273775

Zone B: $188730 - $246398

Zone C: $174051 - $227233

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