Senior Engineering Manager
Atlassian · Posted Oct 30
Enterprise project management, team collaboration, and software development tools
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About the role
Atlassian Engineering is a unified R&D organization supporting customers moving to cloud while investing in core products including Jira, Confluence, Trello, and Bitbucket. The Senior Engineering Manager will lead 2-3 scrum teams of 12-20 engineers, work closely with design, product, and architecture partners, and coach engineers while driving technical and operational excellence.
What you will do
- As a Senior Engineering Manager, you will work closely with our design and product management as well as architecture teams to influence the direction of the product and plan the steps to get there.
- You'll be responsible for building effective teams, empowering them to achieve their goals, and putting those goals into broader context.
- Your greatest responsibility will be looking after the individuals reporting to you – coaching and supporting them in their professional development, unlocking their potential, and challenging them to step outside their comfort zone to grow and excel.
- As a hands on engineering leader, you will also contribute to the engineering and operational practices and bring in a continuous improvement mindset.
- You will bring in your rich technical and leadership experience in driving a team of 2-3 scrum teams.
- The overall span of the team would be 12-20 and would be the front-line manager role, to start with.
- As a senior leader, you will work closely with multiple principal engineers, mentor and coach engineers.
- You will not only drive impactful business outcomes, but also take part actively in driving the technical architecture.
- As a seasoned leader, you will bring in world class engineering excellence and operational excellence.
- You’ll also thrive in a challenging and growing business environment that has ambiguity, multiple global dependency footprint and diverse stakeholders.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Significant experience with building large-scale web software
- Experience in leading large development teams directly
- Experience in developing platforms and products in a SaaS world, preferably on AWS
- Strong technical experience and a passion for getting involved in the details
- Familiarity with agile software development methodologies
Benefits and support
- flexible work arrangements (office, home, or combination)
- bonuses
- commissions
- equity
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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