Principal Software Engineer - Encryption

Engineering | Full-Time

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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.

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. We call this TEAM anywhere .

* Regularly tackle the largest and most complex problems on the team, from technical design to launch

* Deliver solutions that are used by other teams and products

* Determine plans-of-attack on large projects

* Routinely tackle complex architecture challenges and apply architectural standards and start using them on new projects

* Lead code reviews & documentation as well as take on complex bug fixes, especially on high-risk problems

* Set the standard for thorough, meaningful code reviews

* Partner across engineering teams to take on company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects

* Transfer your depth of knowledge from your current language to excel as a Software Engineer

* Mentor more junior members of the team

Your background

* 12+ years experience in multiple hands-on software/technology leadership roles, with end-to-end responsibility through the software development lifecycle

* Bachelor's or Master's degree (preferably a Computer Science degree or equivalent experience)

* Expertise with one or more prominent languages such as Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, or Scala is required, plus experience in at least one additional language

* Hands-on experience building encryption, key management, or other security-critical systems at scale

* Strong cloud security expertise, with hands-on experience on public cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure)