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The Role
Partners with engineering executives as a trusted technical advisor, evaluating architecture and technical proposals, aligning cross-functional teams, managing department-level operating rhythms, and governing incident health and platform reliability. Synthesizes complex technical issues for executive and board discussions, drives strategic initiatives across distributed engineering teams, and champions developer productivity, engineering standards, and platform modernization.
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Engineering | Seattle, United States | Remote, Remote
Working at Atlassian
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.
We are looking for a Technical Advisor (P70) to partner directly with our M100 Engineering Leadership.
As a P70 individual contributor, you operate across a department-level scope. You will serve as an intellectual sparring partner and trusted advisor to the engineering executive, evaluating complex technical architecture, driving cross-organizational alignment, and optimizing the engineering rhythm of business.
Your Future Org & TeamThe Engineering organization builds and scales the foundational platforms and products that power teamwork for hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide. Our teams operate across distributed multi-cloud architectures, enterprise-grade security and governance, and agent-native AI platformsSitting directly within the Enterprise Foundation leadership office, you will operate at the intersection of Engineering, Architecture, Product Management, and Design to ensure executive priorities translate into durable technical outcomes.
In this role, you will:
Must-Haves
Nice-to-Haves
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.
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Working at Atlassian
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.
We are looking for a Technical Advisor (P70) to partner directly with our M100 Engineering Leadership.
As a P70 individual contributor, you operate across a department-level scope. You will serve as an intellectual sparring partner and trusted advisor to the engineering executive, evaluating complex technical architecture, driving cross-organizational alignment, and optimizing the engineering rhythm of business.
Your Future Org & TeamThe Engineering organization builds and scales the foundational platforms and products that power teamwork for hundreds of thousands of customers worldwide. Our teams operate across distributed multi-cloud architectures, enterprise-grade security and governance, and agent-native AI platformsSitting directly within the Enterprise Foundation leadership office, you will operate at the intersection of Engineering, Architecture, Product Management, and Design to ensure executive priorities translate into durable technical outcomes.
In this role, you will:
- Strategic & Technical Advisory: Partner closely with M100 leaders to evaluate high-stakes technical proposals, RFCs, and architectural trade-offs across distributed systems
- Cross-Department Influence: Drive alignment and unblock complex technical initiatives across multiple M60/M70 engineering teams without direct line authority
- Rhythm of Business & Operational Rigor: Define and run department-level operational rhythms, including OKR tracking, strategic milestone reviews, and executive briefing synthesis
- Incident & Technical Health Governance: Partner with technical leads to identify systemic operational risks, platform debt, and reliability bottlenecks, ensuring follow-through on architectural remediations
- Executive Communication & Integration: Synthesize complex technical dilemmas into crisp, decision-ready frameworks for executive forums and board-level discussions
- Engineering Excellence: Champion developer productivity, engineering standards, and platform modernization across the broader department
Must-Haves
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, distributed systems architecture, or technical program management operating at scale
- Demonstrated P70-level scope: Proven track record of leading cross-organizational initiatives where business, product, and technical strategies are ambiguous or undefined
- Deep technical acumen: Hands-on software credibility with the ability to dive into code, system flows, microservices architecture, and technical trade-offs (e.g., consistency vs. latency, debt vs. velocity)
- Executive partner presence: Exceptional communication and framing skills, with experience acting as a trusted advisor to senior executives and multi-disciplinary teams
- Strategic program execution: Strong ability to connect high-level strategy to execution, tracking delivery health across distributed teams
Nice-to-Haves
- Prior experience in a Chief of Staff, Technical Advisor, or Principal TPM capacity within an enterprise SaaS engineering org
- Experience with large-scale cloud transformations, developer platform ecosystems, or AI/ML-native architecture
- Active participation in industry architecture forums, thought leadership, or open-source communities
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.
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Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering, distributed systems architecture, or technical program management at scale
- Experience leading cross-organizational initiatives amid ambiguous or undefined business, product, and technical strategies
- Deep technical acumen, including software, system flows, microservices architecture, and technical trade-offs
- Exceptional communication and framing skills, with experience advising senior executives and multidisciplinary teams
- Ability to connect high-level strategy to execution and track delivery health across distributed teams
- Prior Chief of Staff, Technical Advisor, or Principal Technical Program Manager experience in an enterprise SaaS engineering organization
- Experience with large-scale cloud transformations, developer platform ecosystems, or AI/ML-native architecture
- Participation in industry architecture forums, thought leadership, or open-source communities
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Atlassian Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave spans 26 weeks for birthing parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents, alongside inclusive family-formation benefits such as fertility treatment, adoption, and surrogacy. Additional supports include menopause resources and caregiving-related programs.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a U.S. 401(k) company match with immediate vesting and multiple contribution options. These are complemented by other financial wellbeing tools like HSAs/FSAs.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical coverage is paired with mental-health resources, disability and life insurance, and options such as HSA/FSA. Descriptions also point to solid plan choices with access to counseling, coaching, and 24/7 support.
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What We Do
Atlassian creates teamwork solutions for high-performing teams. Our portfolio of collaboration and work management software products includes Jira, Confluence, Trello, Loom and Rovo. More than 300,000 businesses worldwide rely on Atlassian’s technology, including 80 percent of Fortune 500 companies. Our solutions support various business teams and they help organizations plan, track, and deliver their biggest ideas together.
Why Work With Us
At Atlassian, we believe we can accomplish so much more together than apart — which is why everything from our tooling — to our distributed workforce — to how our teams are structured is rooted in collaboration. Come join us and help unleash the potential of every team.
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