Hiring: Principal Full Stack Software Engineer Company: Atlassian Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-09 17:58:32 Employment Type: Full-time Target Skills & Keywords: Full Stack Engineering, Microservices, Java, Kotlin, AWS, Distributed Systems, SaaS, Observability, Service Operations, Mentorship, Cross-Company Collaboration, Performance Coaching, Security, Reliability, Scalability Experience: - 10+ years of experience designing and building enterprise-grade solutions using microservices - Experience building distributed systems for a SaaS product - Experience influencing and performance coaching engineers - Success with cross-company collaboration Required Skills: - Background in Java, Kotlin, Observability tools, and service operations - In-depth knowledge of AWS offerings - Ability to guide technical direction and implementation of large-scale product features - Strong debugging and problem-solving skills to identify and fix inefficiencies - Ability to evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, and customer impact - Experience shipping well-tested, secure, reliable, and maintainable code - Contribute to code reviews, documentation, and complex bug fixes with security, performance, and reliability in mind - Mentor and level up teammates by sharing expertise - Identify blockers to ensure software engineering excellence (design principles and patterns, unit testing, performance engineering, best practices for security and privacy) Qualifications: - Passion and experience with recognizing, raising, and reconciling gaps and redundant efforts across organizations - Ability to collaborate with product, design, and engineering to influence product strategy and direction - Understanding of the user journey and user funnel - Proven track record of improving growth engineering teams through mentoring Compensation: - Zone A: $209,700 - $273,775 - Zone B: $188,730 - $246,398 - Zone C: $174,051 - $227,233 - This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity. Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don’t miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!