OverviewTo help our teams work together effectively, this role is fully remote across all USA time zones, with a preference for Pacific Time or Mountain Standard Time Zones.
We're looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our DX team, someone who’s as comfortable diving into a Ruby on Rails codebase and raw SQL. You’ll work end‑to‑end on features: from shaping vague problem statements with product and design, to shipping high‑quality code, to measuring impact and iterating quickly.
Responsibilities
What You'll Do:
Drive large, complex projects autonomously, from technical design to launch
Tackle complex architecture challenges, 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
Be an example for thorough, meaningful code reviews
Partner across engineering teams to tackle company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects
Mentor 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 Americas, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:
Zone A: $180,000 - $235,000
Zone B: $162,000 - $211,500
Zone C: $149,400 - $195,050
Qualifications
Your Background:
5+ years experience building and developing backend applications
Bachelor's or Master's degree with a preference for Computer Science degree - Senior-level
experience with one or more prominent languages such as Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, or Ruby on Rails is required.
Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry with hands-on experience with public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
Fluency in any one database technology (e.g. RDBMS like Oracle or Postgres and/or NoSQL like DynamoDB or Cassandra)
Experience crafting and implementing well-tested, highly scalable and performant micro-services
and/or other distributed systems
Practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies (e.g., XP, scrum)
Knowledge to evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, space and time
Practice in mentoring other engineers and influencing decision makers throughout the organization
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.
