Atlassian · 11 hours ago
Lead Principal Engineer, People and Legal Technology
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$280K/yr - $365K/yr
15+ years expAtlassian focuses on making teams successful, and they are seeking a Lead Principal Engineer to join People and Legal Tech. The role involves defining a vision for multiple projects, influencing technical teams, and mentoring engineers while addressing engineering challenges in the organization.
CollaborationEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSoftware
Responsibilities
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
Qualification
Required
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
Benefits
Health and wellbeing resources
Paid volunteer days
And so much more
Company
Atlassian
Atlassian is a software company that offers proprietary software products for teamwork, project management, and software development.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$210MKey Investors
T. Rowe PriceAccel
2015-12-10IPO
2014-04-08Secondary Market· $150M
2010-07-14Series A· $60M
Leadership Team
Michael Cannon-Brookes
Co-founder & Co-CEO
Scott Farquhar
Co-Founder and Board Member
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