Senior Principal Backend Engineer Jobs

Senior Principal Engineer Core Data Platform

As an engineer well into your career, we know you're an expert at what you do an...

Location

United States , Seattle; San Francisco; Mountain View

Salary:

198300.00 - 318600.00 USD / Year

Atlassian

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
12+ years of experience in backend software development, with a focus on distributed systems and large-scale storage solutions
8+ years of experience designing and managing highly available, large-scale storage architectures in cloud environments
5+ years of hands-on experience working with AWS storage services (S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, Glacier, DynamoDB)
Proficiency in system design, performance optimization, and cost-efficient architecture for exabyte-scale storage
Expertise in at least one major backend programming language (Kotlin, Java, Go, Rust, or Python)
Experience leading technical strategy and architectural decisions in large, multi-team engineering organizations
Strong understanding of distributed systems principles, including consistency models, replication, sharding, and consensus algorithms (Raft, Paxos)
Deep knowledge of security best practices, including encryption, access control (IAM), and compliance standards (SOC2, GDPR, HIPAA)
Experience mentoring senior engineers and driving high-impact engineering initiatives

Job Responsibility

Collaborate with partner teams and internal customers to help define technical direction and OKRs for the Core Data platform organization
Regularly tackle the largest and most complex problems on the team, from technical design to implementation and launch
Partner across engineering teams to take on company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects
Routinely tackle complex architecture challenges and apply architectural standards and start using them on new projects
Work across senior engineering and product leaders to build strategy and design solutions to earn customers trust and business
Own key OKRs and end-to-end outcomes of critical projects in a microservices environment
Champion best practices and innovative techniques for scalability, reliability, and performance optimizations
Own engineering and operational excellence for the health of our systems and processes
Proactively drive opportunities for continuous improvements and own key operational metrics
Continually drive developer productivity initiatives to ensure that we unleash the potential of our own teams

What we offer

health coverage
paid volunteer days
wellness resources

Fulltime

Senior Principal Software Engineer

Working at Atlassian. Atlassians can choose where they work – whether in an offi...

Location

India , Bengaluru

Salary:

Not provided

Atlassian

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

15+ years of experience building and developing backend applications - Bachelor's or Master's degree with a preference for Computer Science degree
Experience crafting and implementing highly scalable and performant RESTful micro-services
Proficiency in any modern object-oriented programming language (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Go, Scala, Python, etc.)
Fluency in any one database technology (e.g. RDBMS like Oracle or Postgres and/or NoSQL like DynamoDB or Cassandra)
Real passion for collaboration and strong interpersonal and communication skills
Broad knowledge and understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry with hands-on experience of public cloud offerings (AWS, GAE, Azure)
Familiarity with cloud architecture patterns and an engineering discipline to produce software with quality

Job Responsibility

Build and ship features and capabilities daily in highly scalable, cross-geo distributed environment
Be part of an amazing open and collaborative work environment with other experienced engineers, architects, product managers, and designers
Review code with best practices of readability, testing patterns, documentation, reliability, security, and performance considerations in mind
Mentor and level up the skills of your teammates by sharing your expertise in formal and informal knowledge sharing sessions
Ensure full visibility, error reporting, and monitoring of high performing backend services
Participate in Agile software development including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, team retrospectives, show and tell demo sessions

What we offer

health coverage
paid volunteer days
wellness resources

Fulltime

Senior Principal Software Engineer

To become a 100 year company, we need a world-class engineering organisation mad...

Location

India , Bengaluru

Salary:

Not provided

Atlassian

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

15+ years of experience building and developing backend applications - Bachelor's or Master's degree with a preference for Computer Science degree
Experience crafting and implementing highly scalable and performant micro-services
Proficiency in any modern object-oriented programming language (e.g., Java, Kotlin, etc.)
Real passion for collaboration and strong interpersonal and communication skills
Familiarity with cloud architecture patterns and an engineering discipline to produce software with quality
Experience in Elasticsearch, being able to deep dive into performance at scale problems, is a bonus

Job Responsibility

Build and ship JQL Search features and capabilities daily in highly scalable, cross-geo distributed environment
Be responsible technical evolution for products and platforms in JQL Search and partially in Jira Platform
Be part of an amazing open and collaborative work environment with other experienced engineers, architects, product managers, and designers, working closely with JQL Search and collaborating with other Jira Platform or Jira product teams
Mentor and level up the skills of your teammates by sharing your expertise in formal and informal knowledge sharing sessions
Ensure full visibility, error reporting, and monitoring of high performing backend services
Foster a culture of efficient delivery

What we offer

Health coverage
Paid volunteer days
Wellness resources
Visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits to learn more

Fulltime

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Principal Software Engineer, Trusted Data Platform

As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be a technical leader and hands-on co...

Location

India , Bangalore

Salary:

Not provided

Atlassian

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
10+ years of experience in backend software development, focusing on distributed systems and storage solutions
5+ years of experience working with AWS storage services (S3, DynamoDB, EBS, EFS, FSx, Glacier)
Strong expertise in system design, architecture, and scalability for large-scale storage solutions
Proficiency in at least one major backend programming language (Kotlin, Java, Go, Rust, or Python)
Experience designing and implementing highly available, fault-tolerant, and cost-efficient storage architectures
Deep understanding of distributed systems, replication strategies, sharding, and caching
Knowledge of data security, encryption best practices, and compliance requirements (SOC2, GDPR, HIPAA)
Experience leading engineering teams, mentoring senior engineers, and driving technical roadmaps
Proficiency with observability tools, performance monitoring, and troubleshooting at scale

Job Responsibility

Designing and optimizing high-scale, distributed storage systems built on AWS storage technologies
Shaping the architecture, performance, and reliability of backend storage solutions that power critical applications at scale
Designing, implementing, and optimizing backend storage services that support high throughput, low latency, and fault tolerance
Working closely with senior engineers, architects, and cross-functional teams to drive scalability, availability, and efficiency improvements in large-scale storage solutions
Leading technical deep dives, architecture reviews, and root cause analyses to resolve complex production issues related to storage performance, consistency, and durability
Driving best practices in distributed system design, security, and cloud cost optimization
Mentoring senior engineers, contributing to technical roadmaps, and helping shape the long-term storage strategy
Collaborating with Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) to implement observability, monitoring, and disaster recovery strategies, ensuring high availability and compliance with industry standards
Advocating for automation, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and DevOps best practices, leveraging tools like Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Kubernetes (EKS), and CI/CD pipelines to enable scalable deployments and operational excellence

What we offer

Atlassians can choose where they work – whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two
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
Whatever your preference - working from home, an office, or in between - you can choose the place that's best for your work and your lifestyle

Principal Software Engineer

Principal Software Engineer (Golang | Distributed Systems) to join a high-growth...

Location

United Kingdom , London

Salary:

170000.00 GBP / Year

Orbis Consultants

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

8+ years’ backend engineering experience, ideally at Staff / Principal / Tech Lead level
Expert-level proficiency with Golang in production
Proven track record designing distributed systems and event-driven architectures (Kafka, RabbitMQ, WebSockets)
Deep understanding of PostgreSQL, Redis, and high-performance data systems
Strong DevOps mindset – CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability (Grafana, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry)
Exceptional communicator, able to influence architecture and direction across teams

Job Responsibility

Architect and scale high-throughput, event-driven systems built in Go
Lead the evolution of real-time APIs and data platforms handling billions of requests
Stay deeply hands-on with Golang while influencing design and long-term technical strategy
Drive improvements in observability, testing, and performance across all services
Mentor senior engineers and play a key role in shaping engineering culture

What we offer

25% bonus
excellent benefits

Fulltime

Senior Software Engineer - Transactional Data Platform

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing, build...

Location

Australia , Sydney

Salary:

Not provided

Atlassian

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field
5+ years of experience in backend software development
3+ years of hands-on experience working with AWS cloud services, particularly AWS storage technologies (S3, DynamoDB, EBS, EFS, FSx, or Glacier)
3+ years of experience in designing and developing distributed systems or high-scale backend services
Strong programming skills in Kotlin
Experience working in agile environments following DevOps and CI/CD best practices
Strong Backend Development Skills
Proficiency in Kotlin, Java for backend development
Experience building high-performance, scalable microservices and APIs
Strong understanding of RESTful APIs, gRPC, and event-driven architectures

Job Responsibility

Designing, building, and optimizing high-performance, scalable, and resilient backend storage solutions on AWS cloud infrastructure
Developing distributed storage systems, APIs, and backend services that power mission-critical applications, ensuring low-latency, high-throughput, and fault-tolerant data storage
Collaborating closely with principal engineers, architects, SREs, and product teams to define technical roadmaps, improve storage efficiency, and optimize access patterns
Driving performance tuning, data modeling, caching strategies, and cost optimization across AWS storage services like S3, DynamoDB, EBS, EFS, FSx, and Glacier
Contributing to infrastructure automation, security best practices, and monitoring strategies using tools like Terraform, CloudWatch, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry
Troubleshooting and resolving production incidents related to data integrity, latency spikes, and storage failures, ensuring high availability and disaster recovery preparedness
Mentoring junior engineers, participating in design reviews and architectural discussions, and advocating for engineering best practices such as CI/CD automation, infrastructure as code, and observability-driven development

What we offer

Atlassians can choose where they work – whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two
Flexibility for eligible candidates to work remotely across the West US

Fulltime

Senior Principal Technical Program Manager - Data Platform

You will shape a modern technical program management organization. The goal is t...

Location

United States , San Francisco

Salary:

191600.00 - 307800.00 USD / Year

Atlassian

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

12+ years experience working with software teams
4+ years recent experience leading platform and software teams in a similar Technical Program Management or Technical Product Management role
Experience building commercial Cloud Services / Platforms
Experience in designing and building back end software systems, including tradeoffs, launching and scaling
Experience leading strategy and execution on complex, cross divisional, technical programs, including analysing business priorities, customer needs, industry trends and articulating a long-term roadmap
Experience driving projects spanning multiple teams, including reaching agreements with your engineering partners and stakeholders, shepherding the projects while identifying and mitigating risks, making trade-off decisions optimising the outcome
Able to translate customer and/or product requirements into technical requirements

Job Responsibility

Shape a modern technical program management organization
Steer through growth and remove barriers in the journey towards long-term goals
Find agreement by creating guardrails and removing barriers to help teams accelerate
Build resilience into systems to ensure service and data availability for customers in the event of failures in system components
Define specific systems programs and create a plan of action for realizing those programs
Partner with and influence engineers and architects in making progress on problems
Take a systematic approach to engineering problems
Be accountable for the success of technical programs by managing the entire lifecycle from initiation to forecasting, budgeting, scheduling, etc.
Manage complex dependencies and projects with a broad scope across the company
Collaborate with functions across the company to create reliable and cost-effective disaster recovery solutions for all of Atlassian’s services

What we offer

Health coverage
Paid volunteer days
Wellness resources

Fulltime

Principal Software Engineer

This is a high-impact senior IC role: part architecture, part product, part engi...

Location

Australia , Melbourne

Salary:

180000.00 - 240000.00 AUD / Year

Reqiva

Expiration Date

Until further notice

Requirements

8+ years of professional software engineering experience
Proven experience architecting and scaling distributed or high-volume systems
Strong backend engineering expertise (APIs, infrastructure, services, data flows)
Ability to lead technical direction while remaining deeply hands-on
Comfortable influencing product strategy and working with senior stakeholders
Excellent communicator capable of working across engineering, product, and enterprise customers
Passion for solving complex, real-world system challenges at global scale

Job Responsibility

Architect and evolve distributed systems underpinning global logistics and delivery orchestration
Lead the design, build, and optimisation of backend services, core APIs, and platform components
Partner with cross-functional teams across product, AI, operations, and customer engineering
Provide deep technical leadership on high-impact initiatives across APAC and global teams
Drive engineering standards, scalability, performance, and reliability across the platform
Mentor engineers, guide technical decisions, and elevate overall engineering quality
Investigate and solve complex real-world operational challenges across integrations, fleets, and high-volume workflows

Fulltime

Senior Principal Backend Engineer

Atlassian

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Category:
IT - Software Development

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Job Posted:
December 27, 2025

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