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[Remote] Principal Software Engineer

๐ŸŒ Remote ยท United States ๐Ÿ’ผ Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Atlassian is a software company whose products help teams collaborate and manage work. The Principal Software Engineer will lead complex, high-impact engineering projects from technical design through launch, solve architecture challenges, drive engineering standards, collaborate across teams, and mentor technical leaders.

Responsibilities

  • Regularly tackle the largest and most complex problems on the team, from technical design to launch
  • Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects and determine plans-of-attack on large projects
  • Routinely tackle complex architecture challenges and apply architectural standards and start using them on new projects
  • Be a champion across the Atlassian organisation for continually raising the technical bar and evangelizing a high technical standard
  • Partner across Engineering teams to take on company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects
  • Transfer your depth of knowledge and share best engineering practices to improve engineering excellence
  • Mentor and grow the next generation of technical leaders at Atlassian

Skills

  • 10+ years experience in Full Stack development with one or more prominent languages such as Java, Scala, Node, Javascript, React
  • Deep experience in systems engineering at scale with regards to testing, reliability, security, and observability
  • Excellent communication skills in written and verbal forms, and an ability to communicate complex technical issues to a range of technical and non-technical audiences (management, peers)
  • Experience with collaborating with and mentoring junior members of the team
  • Consider the customer impact when making technical decisions
  • Familiarity with A/B testing techniques
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree (preferably a Computer Science degree or equivalent experience)

Benefits

  • Atlassians can choose where they work โ€“ whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two.
  • This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
  • Health and wellbeing resources
  • Paid volunteer days

Company Overview

  • Atlassian is a software company that offers proprietary software products for teamwork, project management, and software development. It was founded in 2002, and is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales, AUS, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.atlassian.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Atlassian has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 126 in 2026, 351 in 2025, 184 in 2024, 190 in 2023, 259 in 2022, 156 in 2021, 162 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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