Job Description

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.This is a remote role and with a sufficient timezone overlap with the team, we're able to hire eligible candidates for this role from any location in Australia and New Zealand providing you have eligible working rights.Your Future TeamEngineering at Atlassian prioritizes initiatives that advance AI and support our customers' transition to the cloud while consistently delivering maximum value through our core product suite - Jira, Confluence, Trello, and Bitbucket.Our Platform Engineering Organisation is the backbone of Atlassian’s connected product ecosystem. Our teams are responsible for building the horizontal platform and shared capabilities that unify our products into one scalable, AI-ready teamwork platform. We power Atlassian’s AI strategy through the Teamwork Graph and data intelligence layer, deliver seamless cross-product experiences, and ensure a consistent, enterprise-grade user experience at massive scale.As a Senior Principal Engineer, you’ll help solve some of the toughest challenges in Enterprise SaaS -think scale, reliability, data, and ecosystem growth. You’ll work on Atlassian-wide experiences (global navigation, notifications, search, messaging, teamwork graph), shaping the architecture and data backbone that connects our products and enables thousands of partners to thrive in our ecosystem.Responsibilities:What you'll doOwn and drive the technical vision for platform-wide capabilities, unifying Atlassian’s products into a seamless, AI-powered system.Architect and deliver solutions to complex, cross-company engineering challenges, raising the technical and operational bar.Improve productivity and operational excellence by driving automation and best practices at scale.Set clear technical direction and make high-impact architectural decisions for the future of Atlassian’s platform.Collaborate with leaders across product, design, and engineering to align strategy and deliver cohesive customer experiences.Guide and influence principal engineers and architects, ensuring alignment and success on large, multi-team initiatives.Mentor and develop engineers at all levels, building a strong pipeline of future technical leaders.Champion a culture of engineering excellence, collaboration, and continuous improvement across Atlassian.