Principal Software Engineer - Trusted Data Platform
Atlassian · Posted Nov 6
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About the role
Atlassian is hiring a Principal Software Engineer for the Trusted Data Platform team in Bengaluru. The role focuses on designing and optimizing high-scale, distributed storage systems built on AWS storage technologies. The engineer will lead architecture, performance, reliability, and operational work for backend storage services and mentor senior engineers.
What you will do
- As a Principal Software Engineer, you will be a technical leader and hands-on contributor, designing and optimizing high-scale, distributed storage systems built on AWS storage technologies.
- You will play a pivotal role in shaping the architecture, performance, and reliability of backend storage solutions that power critical applications at scale.
- Your primary responsibilities will include designing, implementing, and optimizing backend storage services that support high throughput, low latency, and fault tolerance.
- You will work closely with senior engineers, architects, and cross-functional teams to drive scalability, availability, and efficiency improvements in large-scale storage solutions.
- You will also lead technical deep dives, architecture reviews, and root cause analyses to resolve complex production issues related to storage performance, consistency, and durability.
- As a thought leader, you will drive best practices in distributed system design, security, and cloud cost optimization.
- You will also mentor senior engineers, contribute to technical roadmaps, and help shape the long-term storage strategy.
- Your expertise in storage consistency models, data partitioning, indexing, and caching strategies will be instrumental in improving system performance and reliability.
- Additionally, you will collaborate with Site Reliability Engineers (SREs) to implement observability, monitoring, and disaster recovery strategies, ensuring high availability and compliance with industry standards.
- You will advocate for automation, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), and DevOps best practices, leveraging tools like Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Kubernetes (EKS), and CI/CD pipelines to enable scalable deployments and operational excellence.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
- 8+ years of experience in backend software development, focusing on distributed systems and storage solutions.
- 5+ years of experience working with AWS storage services (S3, DynamoDB, EBS, EFS, FSx, Glacier).
- Strong expertise in system design, architecture, and scalability for large-scale storage solutions.
- Proficiency in at least one major backend programming language (Kotlin, Java, Go, Rust, or Python).
- Experience designing and implementing highly available, fault-t...
Benefits and support
- Atlassians can choose where they work – whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two.
About Atlassian
Atlassian is a leading software company that builds enterprise collaboration, project planning, and issue-tracking tools such as Jira, Confluence, and Trello. Empowering teams across the globe, Atlassian focuses on unleashing the potential of every team through advanced workflows, cloud infrastructure, and AI-driven capabilities.
- Industry
- Software
- Company size
- 10001+ employees
- Founded
- 2002
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $210M raised
- 2010-07-13Venture - Series Unknown$60M
- 2014-04-10Secondary Market$150M
Leadership
CEO & Co-Founder
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Revenue Officer
Chief People and AI Enablement Officer
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