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At a glance
Atlassian is hiring a Principal Software Engineer in Seattle, WA. It is a full-time fully remote role in Software & IT, asking for at least 10 years of experience, first listed on November 5. The description mentions Jira, Java, Scala, JavaScript and React. Atlassian has 99 other openings in the US, 43 of them in Seattle, WA. Across all employers on USA Jobs 24 there are 355 Software & IT openings in Seattle, WA today; the typical one asks for 5 years and advertises about $216,000 a year at the midpoint.
How the pay compares
Atlassian has not published pay for this job, or we could not find it in the advert. Of the 562 software & IT jobs in Washington on USA Jobs 24, 75% show pay, and the typical yearly midpoint among them is $210,000. That gives you a fair starting point when the subject comes up. Washington has a pay transparency law that requires most employers to give a pay range for jobs there, so it is reasonable to ask the recruiter for it.
Skills in this advert
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About hiring at Atlassian
Atlassian has 100 openings on USA Jobs 24 today across 5 states. Most are in data & AI (33), software & IT (31) and sales & BD (14). The biggest locations are San Francisco, CA (61), Seattle, WA (44) and Mountain View, CA (18). 90% of them are remote, 16% are open to entry-level candidates and 16% show pay. We collect Atlassian's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Atlassian Careers), never from job boards or agencies.
The employer's advert
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Working at Atlassian
Atlassians 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.
Responsibilities
To be a 100-year company, we are proudly building a world-class engineering organization composed of empowered teams that are equipped with the tools and infrastructure to do the best work of their careers.
Engineering at Atlassian prioritizes initiatives that advance AI and support our customers' transition to the cloud while consistently delivering maximum value through our core product suite - Jira, Confluence, Trello, and Bitbucket.
We seek individuals who are eager to shape the future and believe in the power of collaboration to achieve extraordinary results together.
In this role, you will:
Regularly tackle the largest and most complex problems on the team, from technical design to launch
Provide technical leadership on high-impact projects and determine plans-of-attack on large projects
Routinely tackle complex architecture challenges and apply architectural standards and start using them on new projects
Be a champion across the Atlassian organisation for continually raising the technical bar and evangelizing a high technical standard
Partner across Engineering teams to take on company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects
Transfer your depth of knowledge and share best engineering practices to improve engineering excellence
Mentor and grow the next generation of technical leaders at Atlassian
Your background:
10+ years experience in Full Stack development with one or more prominent languages such as Java, Scala, Node, Javascript, React.
Bachelor's or Master's degree (preferably a Computer Science degree or equivalent experience).
Deep experience in systems engineering at scale with regards to testing, reliability, security, and observability.
Excellent communication skills in written and verbal forms, and an ability to communicate complex technical issues to a range of technical and non-technical audiences (management, peers).
Experience with collaborating with and mentoring junior members of the team.
Consider the customer impact when making technical decisions.
Familiarity with A/B testing techniques.
Qualifications
Benefits & Perks
Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits.
About Atlassian
At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.
We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.
To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh.
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