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Atlassian is seeking a Principal Machine Learning Scientist to join our Central AI team located in Bellevue WA. The Central AI organization constructs the fundamental infrastructure, data pipeline, frameworks, models, and other capabilities to expedite AI feature development throughout the entire company.
Your Future Team
The Central AI org is part of the larger Atlassian Intelligence program. Its purpose is to accelerate AI innovation across all our products and platform, provide cohesive AI experiences and setup up an Atlassian AI infrastructure for the future.
While it's anticipated that the majority of AI-driven initiatives will be developed and executed by federated product teams within Atlassian, the role of Central AI is pivotal to this process. Central AI is tasked with constructing the underlying infrastructure and capacities, which are crucial for the seamless integration and optimal functionality of AI across various departments. By doing so, Central AI ensures that different teams within the organization do not work in silos but have access to a unified foundation that promotes efficiency and collaboration. Additionally, Central AI is responsible for developing some of the core shared experiences typical in the AI domain, such as search, knowledge discovery and conversation.
What you'll do
As a Principal Machine Learning engineer, you will drive the development and implementation of the cutting edge machine learning algorithms, training sophisticated models, collaborating with product, engineering, and analytics teams, to build the AI functionalities into each Atlassian products and services. Your daily responsibilities will encompass a broad spectrum of tasks such as designing system and model architectures, conducting rigorous experimentation and model evaluations, and providing guidance to emerging ML engineers. Your role is pivotal, stretching beyond these tasks, ensuring AI's transformative potential is realized across our offerings.
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.
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: $236,700 - $309,025
Zone B: $213,030 - $278,123
Zone C: $196,461 - $256,491
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
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 .
In line with local law, identity verification (which may include use of biometric data) is a condition of employment with Atlassian for employment fraud purposes.
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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