Senior Software Engineer

Working at AtlassianAtlassians 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.Technical Skills:Strong backend engineering experience with JVM-based languages (Java, Kotlin preferred)Experience with data-heavy platforms and streaming architectures Hands-on work with technologies like Kafka, Kinesis, SQS, Flink or similar event streaming systems. You should understand patterns like change data capture (CDC), backpressure management, delivery semantics, and how to build resilient data pipelines that maintain consistency across distributed systems.Proven ability to operate and optimize systems at scale Experience designing for high throughput and low latency complex distributed workflows.Multi-cloud or cloud-native infrastructure experience (AWS, GCP, or both) Familiarity with deploying and operating services across cloud providers, understanding cloud primitives (S3, object storage, message queues), infrastructure-as-code, and building platform capabilities that enable self-service for internal teams.What you'll bring:5+ years of backend engineering experience with distributed systems and data-heavy platformsOwnership and leadership You take ownership and accountability for your team's systems, processes, and capabilities to ensure we meet our team goals. You work with your team to deliver projects with velocity and high quality. You lead your team through times of change and ambiguity and help them adapt.Technical excellence and direction You define coding techniques and patterns to the team that lead to more reliable and maintainable solutions. You're proficient in the team's codebase and its associated languages, tools, libraries, idioms, and patterns. Your code reviews define the standard and you use them to teach others within the team. You propose t