Lead Principal 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. Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Engineer to join our team. This role is pivotal in building an enterprise-ready, performant, and scalable cloud platform. You will be responsible for driving performance optimization, scaling strategies, and ensuring enterprise readiness of our cloud solutions including of platforms that power industry leading products like Jira.
Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design and implementation of scalable and high-performance cloud architectures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define performance requirements and ensure they are met.
• Develop and optimize algorithms for performance and scalability.
• Implement best practices for enterprise readiness, including security, compliance, and reliability.
• Mentor and guide junior engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

• Extensive experience in software engineering with a focus on performance and scalability.
• Proven track record of building enterprise-ready cloud solutions.
• Strong expertise in cloud technologies and architectures.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms.
• Familiarity with microservices architecture and containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
• Knowledge of performance monitoring and optimization tools.

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 candidate's 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: $279,500 - $372,700
Zone B: $251,600 - $335,400
Zone C: $232,000 - $309,400
This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones 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.
Our perks & benefits
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 go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits .
About Atlassian
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.
We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's 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.
To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh .