Senior Principal Software Engineer, Jira Data Management

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 12+ years of experience developing large scale distributed systems.
• 4+ years of experience providing architectural oversight and technical leadership.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience at department-level: shaping technical direction across teams and influencing architecture beyond a single service.
• Track record of leading major architectural initiatives and turning multi-year strategy into incremental delivery and measurable outcomes.
• Extensive experience designing and building large-scale distributed systems, data streaming platforms and event-driven architecture
• Broad knowledge of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS and hands-on experience with public clouds (ideally AWS and/or GCP).
• Fluency in any modern object-oriented programming language (e.g., Java, Golang, Python, Javascript, go etc.) and in architecture patterns for distributed systems.
• Experience mentoring senior engineers, leading technical reviews, and improving engineering quality and productivity.

• Quick learner who excels in ambiguous environments.

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Responsibilities

• Own the technical evolution and long-term architecture of Jira Data Management, shaping strategy for enterprise-scale data movement, governance, resiliency, and data health.
• Lead the largest architectural initiatives across Jira Platform, from strategy and milestones through delivery, adoption, and customer outcomes.
• Define and drive a 12-24 month roadmap for shared platform primitives, identify gaps, and make clear trade-offs on priorities.
• Raise standards for reliability, performance, observability, security, and operational excellence across systems handling critical enterprise data.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership via design reviews, deep investigations, incident reviews, and high-risk problem solving while mentoring Principal and senior engineers.

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 India

Atlassians mission “to unleash the potential of every team” is the guiding light behind what we do. We have developed well-known products such as Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket, that fit into the fabric of teamwork across different types of teams and the processes to help every team succeed. Think NASA launching the Rover on Mars or Cochlear gifting those born deaf with the ability to hear , your work directly impacts the products they use to promote humanity.

Our office is in Bengaluru, but we offer flexibility for eligible candidates to work remotely across India. Whatever your preference - working from home, an office, or in between - you can choose the place thats best for your work and your lifestyle. We call this TEAM anywhere.

Your Future Org

Jira Platform enables Jira to become the trusted, agent-native system of record and control plane for human and agent teamwork at enterprise scale.

As a P70 engineer in this future organization, you will help turn this vision into reality. You will shape the platform capabilities, technical strategy, and engineering practices that enable Jira to become the system of record and control plane for the next generation of human and agent teamwork. Our work is guided by three forces that will power the Jira Platform flywheel:

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