Atlassian

Principal Backend Software Engineer

Atlassian$209K — $273K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in hands-on software leadership roles governing the software development lifecycle.
  • Bachelor's degree preferred, ideally in Computer Science.
  • Proficient in prominent programming languages such as Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, or Scala.
  • Experience with SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and public cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
  • Ability to assess trade-offs concerning correctness, robustness, performance, and efficiency.
  • Experience mentoring engineers and influencing organizational decisions.
  • Customer-centric mindset when making technical decisions.

Responsibilities

  • Unblock challenges in the software development cycle from design to launch.
  • Craft solutions for broader team use and strategize on large project plans.
  • Address complex architectural challenges and implement architectural standards on new projects.
  • Conduct code reviews and documentation while resolving intricate bugs, particularly high-risk issues.
  • Set benchmarks for thorough code reviews and collaborate on cross-team initiatives.
  • Leverage your programming expertise to mentor and elevate team performance.

Benefits

  • Health and wellbeing resources to support personal needs.
  • Paid volunteer days to foster community engagement.
  • Wide array of perks designed for employee support.
  • Opportunities for equity and bonuses.
Full Job Description
Overview

To help our teams work together effectively, this role is fully remote, but requires you to be located in either US Pacific or Mountain time zones.

Your future team We're looking for a Principal Backend Software Engineer to join our team, passionately focused on delivering creative improvements for our engineering teams.

Responsibilities

What you'll do
  • Regularly unblock challenges faced in the software development cycle, from technical design to launch
  • Create solutions that are used by other teams and products - Determine plans-of-attack on large projects
  • Routinely solve complex architecture challenges and apply architectural standards and start using them on new projects
  • Lead code reviews and documentation and take on complex bug fixes, especially on high-risk problems
  • Set the standard for meaningful code reviews - Partner across engineering teams to take on company-wide projects
  • Transfer your depth of knowledge from your current language to excel as a Software Engineer
  • Mentor more junior members of the team


Compensation

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate's skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range.

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.

This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.

Pay Ranges

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: $209,700 - $273,775

Zone B: $188,730 - $246,398

Zone C: $174,051 - $227,233

Qualifications

Your background
  • 10+ years experience in multiple hands-on software/technology leadership roles, with end-to-end responsibility through the software development lifecycle
  • Bachelor's degree with a preference for Computer Science degree
  • Expertise with one or more prominent languages such as Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, or Scala is required.
  • Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry with hands-on experience with public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure)
  • Knowledge to evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, space and time
  • Practice in mentoring other engineers and influencing decision makers throughout the organization
  • Consideration of customer impact when making technical decisions

If you've got these skills, even better:
  • Experience in Developer Experience or Developer Productivity - Proficiency in Java or NodeJS
  • Experience in at least one additional language
  • Experience in CI (Continuous Integration) and CD (Continuous Deployment)

Benefits & Perks

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

Atlassian is a leading provider of collaboration, development, and issue tracking software for teams. With over 194,000 customers worldwide, including 85 of the Fortune 100, Atlassian is changing the way teams work. Our products help teams organize, discuss, and complete shared work. Atlassian has a unique business model that allows us to deliver software to teams of all sizes, from small startups to large enterprises. Our products are available on a subscription basis, with no upfront fees or long-term commitments. Atlassian was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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Size
6,433 employees
Market Cap
$31.9 billion
Industry
Net Income
-$1.1 billion
Founded
2002
5 Year Trend
+34.9%
Revenue
$1.8 billion
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