Principal Software Engineer

What's the principal engineer role? As an Engineer well into your career, we know you're an expert at what you do and have a breadth of experience across multiple backend technologies. You take pride in being someone who more junior members look up to and sharing your expertise with others... That's why we're placing a heavy emphasis on leaning on your expertise to take on a high level of responsibility while being a role model and mentor to others on the team.

* 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

* Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Computer science in a related technical field or similar experience * 10+ years of experience in software development and architecture * Expert-level experience with one or more prominent languages such as Java, C# or C/C++ is crucial. * An expert in at least one technical topic/domain * Passion for collaborating with and mentoring junior members of the team * A real appetite for helping others learn and grow * Considers the customer impact when making technical decisions

* 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.