Senior Backend Software Engineer
Atlassian
Senior Backend Software Engineer
Job Description
Senior Backend Software Engineer
📋 Job Overview
As a Senior Backend Software Engineer at Atlassian, you will drive large, complex projects from design to launch, tackle architecture challenges, and mentor junior team members. This fully remote role requires you to be located in the US Pacific or Mountain time zones, focusing on delivering creative improvements for engineering teams.
📍 Location: San Francisco, United States
🏢 Category: Engineering
📅 Posted: 2025-12-09 10:05 PM
🎯 Key Responsibilities
- Drive large, complex projects autonomously, from technical design to launch
- Tackle complex architecture challenges, apply architectural standards and start using them on new projects
- Lead code reviews & documentation as well as take on complex bug fixes, especially on high-risk problems
- Be an example for thorough, meaningful code reviews
- Partner across engineering teams to tackle company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects
- Transfer your depth of knowledge from your current language to excel as a Java developer
- Mentor junior members of the team
✅ Required Qualifications
- 5+ years experience building and developing backend applications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree
- Senior-level experience with one or more prominent languages such as Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, or Scala
- Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry with hands-on experience with public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Fluency in any one database technology (e.g. RDBMS like Oracle or Postgres and/or NoSQL like DynamoDB or Cassandra)
- Experience crafting and implementing well-tested, highly scalable and performant micro-services and/or other distributed systems
- Practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies (e.g., XP, scrum)
- Knowledge to evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, space and time
- Practice in mentoring other engineers and influencing decision makers throughout the organization
- Considers the customer impact when making technical decisions
⭐ Preferred Qualifications
- Preference for Computer Science degree
🛠️ Required Skills
- Java
- Python
- Kotlin
- Go
- Scala
- SaaS
- PaaS
- IaaS
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
- RDBMS
- Oracle
- Postgres
- NoSQL
- DynamoDB
- Cassandra
- Micro-services
- Distributed systems
- Agile
- XP
- Scrum
- Mentoring
- Code reviews
- Architecture standards
- Technical design
🎁 Benefits & Perks
- Health coverage
- Paid volunteer days
- Wellness resources
Locations
- San Francisco, United States
Salary
146,300 - 234,900 USD / yearly
Estimated Salary Rangemedium confidence
150,000 - 220,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Javaintermediate
- Pythonintermediate
- Kotlinintermediate
- Gointermediate
- Scalaintermediate
- SaaSintermediate
- PaaSintermediate
- IaaSintermediate
- AWSintermediate
- GCPintermediate
- Azureintermediate
- RDBMSintermediate
- Oracleintermediate
- Postgresintermediate
- NoSQLintermediate
- DynamoDBintermediate
- Cassandraintermediate
- Micro-servicesintermediate
- Distributed systemsintermediate
- Agileintermediate
- XPintermediate
- Scrumintermediate
- Mentoringintermediate
- Code reviewsintermediate
- Architecture standardsintermediate
- Technical designintermediate
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years experience building and developing backend applications (experience)
- Bachelor's or Master's degree (experience)
- Senior-level experience with one or more prominent languages such as Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, or Scala (experience)
- Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry with hands-on experience with public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) (experience)
- Fluency in any one database technology (e.g. RDBMS like Oracle or Postgres and/or NoSQL like DynamoDB or Cassandra) (experience)
- Experience crafting and implementing well-tested, highly scalable and performant micro-services and/or other distributed systems (experience)
- Practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies (e.g., XP, scrum) (experience)
- Knowledge to evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, space and time (experience)
- Practice in mentoring other engineers and influencing decision makers throughout the organization (experience)
- Considers the customer impact when making technical decisions (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Preference for Computer Science degree (experience)
Responsibilities
- Drive large, complex projects autonomously, from technical design to launch
- Tackle complex architecture challenges, apply architectural standards and start using them on new projects
- Lead code reviews & documentation as well as take on complex bug fixes, especially on high-risk problems
- Be an example for thorough, meaningful code reviews
- Partner across engineering teams to tackle company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects
- Transfer your depth of knowledge from your current language to excel as a Java developer
- Mentor junior members of the team
Benefits
- general: Health coverage
- general: Paid volunteer days
- general: Wellness resources
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Senior Backend Software Engineer
Atlassian
Senior Backend Software Engineer
Job Description
Senior Backend Software Engineer
📋 Job Overview
As a Senior Backend Software Engineer at Atlassian, you will drive large, complex projects from design to launch, tackle architecture challenges, and mentor junior team members. This fully remote role requires you to be located in the US Pacific or Mountain time zones, focusing on delivering creative improvements for engineering teams.
📍 Location: San Francisco, United States
🏢 Category: Engineering
📅 Posted: 2025-12-09 10:05 PM
🎯 Key Responsibilities
- Drive large, complex projects autonomously, from technical design to launch
- Tackle complex architecture challenges, apply architectural standards and start using them on new projects
- Lead code reviews & documentation as well as take on complex bug fixes, especially on high-risk problems
- Be an example for thorough, meaningful code reviews
- Partner across engineering teams to tackle company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects
- Transfer your depth of knowledge from your current language to excel as a Java developer
- Mentor junior members of the team
✅ Required Qualifications
- 5+ years experience building and developing backend applications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree
- Senior-level experience with one or more prominent languages such as Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, or Scala
- Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry with hands-on experience with public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Fluency in any one database technology (e.g. RDBMS like Oracle or Postgres and/or NoSQL like DynamoDB or Cassandra)
- Experience crafting and implementing well-tested, highly scalable and performant micro-services and/or other distributed systems
- Practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies (e.g., XP, scrum)
- Knowledge to evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, space and time
- Practice in mentoring other engineers and influencing decision makers throughout the organization
- Considers the customer impact when making technical decisions
⭐ Preferred Qualifications
- Preference for Computer Science degree
🛠️ Required Skills
- Java
- Python
- Kotlin
- Go
- Scala
- SaaS
- PaaS
- IaaS
- AWS
- GCP
- Azure
- RDBMS
- Oracle
- Postgres
- NoSQL
- DynamoDB
- Cassandra
- Micro-services
- Distributed systems
- Agile
- XP
- Scrum
- Mentoring
- Code reviews
- Architecture standards
- Technical design
🎁 Benefits & Perks
- Health coverage
- Paid volunteer days
- Wellness resources
Locations
- San Francisco, United States
Salary
146,300 - 234,900 USD / yearly
Estimated Salary Rangemedium confidence
150,000 - 220,000 USD / yearly
Source: ai estimated
* This is an estimated range based on market data and may vary based on experience and qualifications.
Skills Required
- Javaintermediate
- Pythonintermediate
- Kotlinintermediate
- Gointermediate
- Scalaintermediate
- SaaSintermediate
- PaaSintermediate
- IaaSintermediate
- AWSintermediate
- GCPintermediate
- Azureintermediate
- RDBMSintermediate
- Oracleintermediate
- Postgresintermediate
- NoSQLintermediate
- DynamoDBintermediate
- Cassandraintermediate
- Micro-servicesintermediate
- Distributed systemsintermediate
- Agileintermediate
- XPintermediate
- Scrumintermediate
- Mentoringintermediate
- Code reviewsintermediate
- Architecture standardsintermediate
- Technical designintermediate
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years experience building and developing backend applications (experience)
- Bachelor's or Master's degree (experience)
- Senior-level experience with one or more prominent languages such as Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, or Scala (experience)
- Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry with hands-on experience with public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure) (experience)
- Fluency in any one database technology (e.g. RDBMS like Oracle or Postgres and/or NoSQL like DynamoDB or Cassandra) (experience)
- Experience crafting and implementing well-tested, highly scalable and performant micro-services and/or other distributed systems (experience)
- Practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies (e.g., XP, scrum) (experience)
- Knowledge to evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, space and time (experience)
- Practice in mentoring other engineers and influencing decision makers throughout the organization (experience)
- Considers the customer impact when making technical decisions (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Preference for Computer Science degree (experience)
Responsibilities
- Drive large, complex projects autonomously, from technical design to launch
- Tackle complex architecture challenges, apply architectural standards and start using them on new projects
- Lead code reviews & documentation as well as take on complex bug fixes, especially on high-risk problems
- Be an example for thorough, meaningful code reviews
- Partner across engineering teams to tackle company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects
- Transfer your depth of knowledge from your current language to excel as a Java developer
- Mentor junior members of the team
Benefits
- general: Health coverage
- general: Paid volunteer days
- general: Wellness resources
Tags & Categories