Atlassian
Principal Backend Engineer
$174K–$274K
San Francisco, United States +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
Remote, Remote - Experience
- 10+ years; proven track record as a Staff / Principal Engineer or Technical Lead.
- Education
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Leads the architecture and technical strategy for scalable backend services and data pipelines powering Atlassian’s messaging, notifications, personalization, and experimentation platforms.
What you'll do
- Define architecture, technical roadmaps, and standards for distributed backend systems and data pipelines.
- Design, build, and operate resilient microservices, data models, streaming pipelines, and APIs at enterprise scale.
- Guide technical decisions across teams, mentor engineers, and promote operational reliability and observability.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, specializing in distributed systems, scalable cloud services, and backend architecture.
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- Extensive hands-on proficiency with modern backend technologies and API design paradigms.
- Experience owning large-scale backend architecture and providing technical leadership, strategy, mentorship, and operational excellence.
Pay
$209,700 - $273,775 USD base salary; $188,730 - $246,398 USD base salary; $174,051 - $227,233 USD base salary
Tools
Java, Kotlin, Go, Python, TypeScript/Node.js, REST, GraphQL, gRPC
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