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# Principal Backend Software Engineer

- **Company:** Atlassian
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Salary:** $174,051.0 - $273,775.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Software Bug Management, Software as a Service, Code Review, Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Python (Programming Language), Node.Js, Platform as a Service (PAAS), Software Engineering, Backend, Kotlin, Information Technology, Atlassian Tools, Golang
- **Published:** July 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=67516f00c9c55168

## About the Role

* 10+ years experience in multiple hands-on software/technology leadership roles, with end-to-end responsibility through the software development lifecycle
 * Bachelor's degree with a preference for Computer Science degree
 * Expertise with one or more prominent languages such as Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, or Scala is required.
 * Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry with hands-on experience with public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure)
 * Knowledge to evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, space and time
 * Practice in mentoring other engineers and influencing decision makers throughout the organization
 * Consideration of customer impact when making technical decisions

If you've got these skills, even better:

 * Experience in Developer Experience or Developer Productivity - Proficiency in Java or NodeJS
 * Experience in at least one additional language
 * Experience in CI (Continuous Integration) and CD (Continuous Deployment)

## Description

What you'll do

 * Regularly unblock challenges faced in the software development cycle, from technical design to launch
 * Create solutions that are used by other teams and products - Determine plans-of-attack on large projects
 * Routinely solve complex architecture challenges and apply architectural standards and start using them on new projects
 * Lead code reviews and documentation and take on complex bug fixes, especially on high-risk problems
 * Set the standard for meaningful code reviews - Partner across engineering teams to take on company-wide projects
 * Transfer your depth of knowledge from your current language to excel as a Software Engineer
 * Mentor more junior members of the team, In line with local law, identity verification (which may include use of biometric data) is a condition of employment with Atlassian for employment fraud purposes.


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