Atlassian
Senior Principal Engineering Manager / Head of Engineering
$202K–$318K
Seattle, United States +1 · Principal · Full-time · Posted Nov 1, 2026
- Location
- Seattle, United States
Remote, Remote - Experience
- 15+ years in software engineering; 7+ years in engineering management, including manager-of-managers experience.
About the job
Leads the Atlassian Guard engineering organization, setting strategy and overseeing teams, delivery, and operational excellence for an enterprise cloud security product.
What you'll do
- Lead and scale a multi-team engineering organization, including developing leaders and shaping team health and organizational design.
- Define engineering vision and strategy, partnering with Product, Design, and other stakeholders on the product roadmap.
- Oversee delivery and operational excellence, including reliability, performance, metrics, and incident response.
What they ask for
- 15+ years of software engineering experience and 7+ years in engineering management, including as a manager of managers.
- Deep understanding of cloud security domains such as identity and access management, data protection, threat detection, or compliance.
- Strong technical acumen in architecture, system design, and technical trade-offs.
- Experience delivering reliable, scalable enterprise-grade products.
Nice to have
- Experience building and leading teams of 50+ engineers.
- Experience in a fast-paced SaaS/cloud environment.
Pay
$243,900 - $318,425 USD base salary; $219,510 - $286,583 USD base salary; $202,437 - $264,293 USD base salary
Tools
SOC2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP
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