Atlassian
Principal Engineer - Kubernetes Platform
$174K–$274K
Seattle, United States +2 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, United States
Remote, Remote
San Francisco, United States
About the job
Owns the technical strategy and delivery of secure, low-latency Kubernetes compute infrastructure for AI agents and untrusted workloads.
What you'll do
- Lead architecture and implementation of workload isolation, scheduling, lifecycle management, networking, policy enforcement, observability, and control-plane capabilities.
- Drive cross-team platform initiatives from design through launch and measurable operational outcomes, including portable execution across GCP and AWS.
- Improve reliability, security, developer experience, and engineering effectiveness through operational practices, technical leadership, and mentoring.
What they ask for
- Deep expertise in agent infrastructure and distributed systems
Pay
$209,700 - $273,775 USD base salary; $188,730 - $246,398 USD base salary; $174,051 - $227,233 USD base salary
Tools
Kubernetes, GCP, AWS
AI focus
Define and deliver secure, low-latency compute infrastructure for AI agents and untrusted workloads.
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