Senior Machine Learning Engineering Manager - GenAI Modeling & Innovation Forge

Working at Atlassian
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At Atlassian, we're on a mission to unleash the potential of every team. As part of that mission, we're investing deeply in Generative AI - pioneering advanced modeling and rapid innovations that accelerate how teams work, discover, and create.
We're seeking a Senior Machine Learning Manager (M60) to found and lead our new GenAI Modeling & Innovation Forge in Singapore. This team will act as a hub for advanced modeling, rapid prototyping, and applied research-driving the next wave of high-impact GenAI innovations across Atlassian.
Advance GenAI Modeling with Knowledge

• Lead cutting-edge R&D in large language models, knowledge integration, and multimodal modeling.
• Define strategies to adapt and fine-tune foundation models for Atlassian's unique data and enterprise scenarios.
• Push forward the state of the art in applied generative modeling while balancing agility, quality, and scale.

Drive Innovation & Applied Research

• Incubate and prototype high-impact innovation projects, from agentic workflows to knowledge-grounded assistants.
• Build proof-of-concept (POC) systems and pipelines, demonstrating new capabilities with rapid iteration.
• Partner with product and platform teams to transition successful prototypes into scalable, production-ready systems.

Build & Lead a Tiger Team

• Hire, coach, and inspire an elite but high-leverage team of ML engineers and applied scientists.
• Foster a culture of bold experimentation, ownership, and collaboration across global teams.
• Create an environment where technical excellence, creativity, and speed of execution thrive.

Shape Strategy and Global Impact

• Define the mission and roadmap for the Forge as a global hub for GenAI innovation.
• Collaborate closely with peers across Rovo, Jira Search, Knowledge AI, and Platform teams.
• Champion responsible AI, groundedness, and trustworthiness in all deployed models and prototypes.

What We're Looking For
Experience

• Extensive experience in ML/AI (generally 8+ years), including at least 3+ years managing ML or research teams.
• Strong track record of delivering ML-powered products or prototypes in production environments.
• Hands-on expertise in one or more of: large language models, search/retrieval, embeddings, knowledge graphs, or NLP.
• Experience leading applied research or innovation programs with tangible product impact.

Skills

• Deep knowledge of GenAI ecosystems (OpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, OSS models) and fine-tuning/serving frameworks.
• Strong grasp of experimentation workflows, evaluation methods (e.g., groundedness, hallucination detection), and fast prototyping.
• Ability to balance scientific exploration with business impact, translating emerging capabilities into product opportunities.
• Exceptional leadership and communication skills, with the ability to inspire teams across disciplines.

Education

• Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field preferred-or equivalent industry experience.

Nice to Have

• Experience building agentic systems or orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex).
• Familiarity with semantic search, hybrid retrieval, or enterprise knowledge systems.
• Background in multimodal modeling, evaluation benchmarks, or human-in-the-loop experimentation.
• Passion for cultivating new AI hubs and mentoring diverse, globally distributed teams.

Why Join Us?

• Be the founding leader of Atlassian's Singapore-based GenAI Modeling & Innovation Forge.
• Drive high-visibility, high-impact projects at the frontier of modeling, innovation, and applied research.
• Collaborate with world-class teams, rich enterprise data, and robust infrastructure to build what's next.
• Join a mission-driven, remote-first company whe

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 .