Software Development Engineer II - Data Platform Engineering
Atlassian · Posted Oct 29
Enterprise project management, team collaboration, and software development tools
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About the role
Atlassian's data platform team builds and operates the foundational data systems that power the data behind critical experiences across the company, from in-product analytics in Jira, JSM, and Confluence to Atlassian Analytics, the Teamwork Graph, and AI-native capabilities like Rovo. The platform runs on high-scale distributed data systems spanning streaming ingestion (Flink) and MPP query/serving (StarRocks). This role is a Software Development Engineer 2 position building and operating data platform components, contributing code from design through delivery, and participating in production operations and on-call.
What you will do
- Build and operate components of Atlassian's data platform across streaming ingestion (Flink) and MPP query/serving (StarRocks), alongside senior engineers.
- Contribute high-quality code from design through delivery, taking ownership of features and bug fixes.
- Participate in operating high-scale data platform systems in production—on-call, debugging, and basic performance and data-quality tuning.
- Participate in code reviews and write clear documentation.
- Collaborate with your team and partner teams to deliver reliable, performant data infrastructure.
- Continuously learn and grow your depth in distributed data systems.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- 3+ years in software engineering with solid distributed-systems / data fundamentals.
- Exposure to / experience with data platform systems — streaming/ingestion (Flink or Spark) and/or MPP query engines (StarRocks / Trino / Apache Pinot / Apache Doris).
- Some experience or strong aptitude for operational management of high-scale data platform systems (participating in on-call, debugging production, performance/data-quality basics).
- Strong coding (Java/Scala/Python) and familiarity with cloud data infrastructure (GCP/AWS).
- Open-source contributions to relevant projects are a strong positive.
Benefits and support
- health and wellbeing resources
- paid volunteer days
- choose where you 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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