Senior Principal Engineer, Atlassian

Atlassian

Location:
India, Bengaluru

Category:
IT - Software Development

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Job Description:

The Core Engineering Compute Platform team is responsible for powering all of Atlassian products. Our mission is to help all Atlassian engineers build great products, deploy and run them on a reliable, fast, globally distributed, cost effective enterprise grade compute infrastructure. As a Senior Principal Engineer, you will help envision, build and evolve a cutting-edge platform for deploying and running all Atlassian products. You will drive architectural decisions, lead complex projects, and mentor engineers. You will collaborate with teams globally, lead developer productivity initiatives, and ensure the scalability, performance, and reliability of Atlassian’s infrastructure.

Job Responsibility:

Collaborate with other core engineering teams and internal customers to help define technical direction and OKRs for the Compute Platform team
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and deliver a seamless compute platform experience
Evaluate and implement new technologies and frameworks to enhance platform capabilities, designed with security, performance, and scalability in mind
Own key OKRs and end-to-end outcomes of critical projects in a globally distributed environment
Develop and execute a strategic vision for the compute platform that aligns with the company’s goals and objectives
Identify opportunities for innovation and improvement in platform services and developer tools
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 team
Help hire and mentor engineers to build an open, innovative and operationally responsible culture

Requirements:

Strong technical expertise and 12+ years experience in designing/building enterprise grade public cloud or platform as a service solutions
Proven experience in a senior engineering leadership role, preferably in a large-scale, distributed systems environment
Deep understanding of cloud computing, Kubernetes, microservices architecture, and container orchestration technologies
Experience building and operating large scale distributed systems using cloud technologies from AWS/Azure/GCP
Focus on business outcomes and the 80/20 rule
very high bar for output quality, but recognize the business benefit of 'ship small, ship fast and iterate’ vs ‘building for perfection’
Passion for engineering rigor and operational excellence (design principles and patterns, unit testing, best practices for security and privacy, CI/CD etc)
You will be a role model for operational responsibility and data-driven engineering rigor
Excellent collaboration, communication and leadership skills
Ability to get engineers to follow their lead as well as mentor/coach
High level of energy and a desire to innovate in a large, fast-paced organization
ability to balance multiple projects under pressure

Nice to have:

Hands-on experience with managing Kubernetes clusters, preferably building Kubernetes Operators, Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) and Controllers
Significant experience in Multi-tenant SaaS infrastructure
Experience with load balancing, scaling strategies, and performance and cost optimization in a cloud environment

What we offer:

health coverage
paid volunteer days
wellness resources

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 21, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Remote work

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