Senior Software Engineer

Working at Atlassian

Atlassians can choose where they work whether in an office from home or a combination of the two. That way Atlassians have more control over supporting their family personal goals and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity.

Technical Skills:

• Strong backend engineering experience with JVM-based languages (Java Kotlin preferred)

• Experience with data-heavy platforms and streaming architectures Hands-on work with technologies like Kafka Kinesis SQS Flink or similar event streaming systems. You should understand patterns like change data capture (CDC) backpressure management delivery semantics and how to build resilient data pipelines that maintain consistency across distributed systems.

• 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 cloud primitives (S3 object storage message queues) infrastructure-as-code and building platform capabilities that enable self-service for internal teams.

What youll bring:

• 5 years of backend engineering experience with distributed systems and data-heavy platforms

• Ownership and leadership You take ownership and accountability for your teams systems processes and capabilities to ensure we meet our team goals. You work with your team to deliver projects with velocity and high quality. You lead your team through times of change and ambiguity and help them adapt.

• Technical excellence and direction You define coding techniques and patterns to the team that lead to more reliable and maintainable solutions. Youre proficient in the teams codebase and its associated languages tools libraries idioms and patterns. Your code reviews define the standard and you use them to teach others within the team. You propose technical solutions in your teams domain and navigate ambiguity understanding how your teams systems fit into larger capabilities.

• Collaboration decision-making and influence You drive informed decisions for your team by using data and consulting with others. You contribute to decision making with product design and other functions as the team considers the customer and business impact of decisions. You lead with clarity and speed when making decisions and escalate quickly when support or more information is required. You provide timely feedback to your colleagues as part of delivery and influence others within your team towards positive impacts.

Compensation

At Atlassian we strive to design equitable explainable and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidates skills expertise or experience.

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: $176400 - $230300

Zone B: $159300 - $207975

Zone C: $146700 - $191525

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

Please visit for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.

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 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.

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