Lead Principal Engineer, People and Legal Technology

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Hiring Remotely in San Francisco, CA, USA
In-Office or Remote
Cloud • Information Technology • Productivity • Security • Software • App development • Automation
Atlassian provides tools to help every team unleash their full potential.
The Role
We're hiring a Lead Principal Engineer to join People and Legal Tech, reporting into our Head of Engineering, Enterprise Technology.
Atlassian focuses on making teams successful, and Enterprise Technology focuses on helping the people that make up those teams be successful in their careers. From building 0->1 products, to collaborating with product and platform teams across the company to make Atlassian's products work exceptionally well for HR and Legal use-cases at enterprise scale (data governance, access and audit control, flexibility and scale, etc.).
While our primary focus in on solving for Atlassian's internal needs, we are responsible for Talent (part of Strategy Collection), and work closely with and influence external product teams
In this Role you will
  • Define and articulate a compelling vision and roadmap for multiple pillars/projects across People and Legal Tech
  • Partner across engineering teams to take on company-wide projects
  • Influence and inspire technical teams by setting an example of engineering excellence in design, architecture, code, and development practices
  • Design and code systems that are testable, maintainable, reliable, secure, and scalable
  • Mentor and coach engineers and engineering managers
  • Be a trusted advisor to heads of engineering within Enterprise Tech and across the company
  • Uncover future needs and challenges while also digging into our current and most important engineering challenges
  • Stay up to date with new technologies and assess their impact on Atlassian trajectory

Your background
  • Strong technical leadership and expertise with 15+ years of experience in designing/building cloud-based enterprise-grade solutions using AWS, Azure, GCP.
  • Experience in designing and building broadly used scalable platforms and platform components
  • Ability to define our technical direction and educating the broader organization in your area of expertise
  • Passion for software engineering excellence and providing technical guidance, coaching, and mentorship
  • Experience recognizing, raising, and reconciling gaps and redundant efforts across organizations
  • Ability to develop clear technical solutions, getting engineers to follow your lead and collaborating across multiple engineering teams and leaders
  • Hands-on experience with coding and fluency in at least one of the following languages, Java, Kotlin, C, C++
  • Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science
  • In-depth knowledge of public cloud)
  • Experience leading teams of engineers through large complex projects involving radical changes to the technology stack

Compensation
At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience.
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: USD 279900 - USD 365425
Zone B: USD 252000 - USD 329000
Zone C: USD 233100 - USD 304325
This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
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.
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 .
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.
About Atlassian
At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.
We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.
To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh .

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Atlassian Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Parental & Family Support Generous paid parental leave (26 weeks for birthing parents and 20 weeks for non‑birthing parents) is paired with inclusive family‑formation benefits such as fertility, adoption, and surrogacy support. Caregiving resources, onsite Mother’s Rooms in some locations, and breastmilk shipping for business travel reinforce a family‑friendly approach.
  • Retirement Support A company 401(k) match with immediate vesting, along with retirement planning support and broader financial wellbeing resources, strengthens long‑term security. These offerings complement market‑based cash compensation to round out total rewards.
  • Flexible Benefits The “Team Anywhere” model is backed by a monthly remote‑work allowance, ergonomic resources, and a Flex Wallet that can be applied to a wide range of reimbursable expenses. Learning budgets and paid volunteer time further expand choice and lifestyle flexibility.

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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.

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