Senior Principal Engineer,Data Residency

Working at AtlassianAtlassian can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Assuming you have eligible working rights and a sufficient time zone overlap with your team, you can choose to work remotely or from an office (unless it’s necessary for your role to be performed in the office). Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.Company & Team BackgroundAtlassian’s mission "to unleash the potential of every team" is the guiding light behind what we do. We have developed well-known products such as Jira, Confluence, Trello, etc. that fit into the fabric of teamwork across different types of teams, and the processes to help every team succeed.Atlassian helps teams everywhere change the world. Our products are revolutionizing the software industry and helping teams collaborate and craft the magic that delivers their best work. Think NASA launching the Rover on Mars or Cochlear gifting those born deaf with the ability to hear, your work directly impacts the products they use to advance humanity.We’re rapidly growing worldwide, and scaling up a new world-class office in Bengaluru, India that includes Product Management, Engineering, and Design. We are now establishing a platform team to focus on the concerns of enterprise customers viz. Enterprise Trust Foundation will be responsible for many enterprise features in the cloud such as Data Residency, Data Portability, BYOK, and Data Leak prevention.Role SpecificsWe are seeking an industry-recognized technical leader to join the Data Portability team in Bangalore as a Sr. Principal. In this role, you will be a technology visionary and a hands on engineer for products & solutions that are revolutionizing the software industry and helping teams collaborate and craft that magic in delivering their best work. The primary focus of your role will be to drive the broad technical strategy of our products and solution architecture & implementation, over a 12-24 month horizon for Data Residency programs within Atlassian (Understand data residency | Atlassian Support ). You will be a proven thought leader with the ability to translate loosely defined, yet critical ideas into a well-defined architectural vision that can be aligned with the technical and product leaders across Atlassian. You will raise the bar, through example, on the quality of software construction in a fast-paced, agile environment. You will use your deep technical skills to transform the Data Residency landscape and mentor other developers, product managers, and senior managers, ensuring the team understands the vision, and help realize that vision. As a seasoned technologist, you’re expected to be comfortable with data management space in the cloud and will lead the architecture for data portability. You’ll partner very closely with the Head of Engineering and provide guidance to the team to define and nurture our engineering culture for the site.You will also be required to deeply understand technology landscapes, evaluate the use of new technologies, and effectively review and communicate as required. You will be influential within your team and work with peers and senior leaders to define and revise the standards for operational excellence across Atlassian. You will consistently tackle abstract issues that span multiple functional areas and drive your team to push for improvements that can scale across other teams, services, and platforms.Needless to say, working with a world-class engineering team, being part of inspiring engineering culture, and also adrenalin driving adventures during our Enterprise Cloud journey are all perks associated with this job.

On your first day we’ll expect you to have:

• BS degree in Computer Science, Graduate degree preferred.
• At least 15 years of experience in a variety of hands-on software/technology roles, preferably in Enterprise Products & Solutions in the cloud.
• Hands-on engineer with cloud-native skills, being comfortable with one of the cloud stacks, preferably AWS.
• At least 6 years of architecting, driving, and implementing multiple features of a SaaS product at a high scale, performance, and reliability of at least 4 nines.
• Deep understanding & proven experience in the various dimensions of building and delivering multi-tenanted cloud-native SaaS software
• Well-versed in challenges of distributed systems, modern cloud-native architectures, distributed data management in a cloud environment, and front-end applications.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication in pursuit of driving the mission forward.
• Influencing skills in balancing short and long-term objectives including technical and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• As a Sr. Principal Engineer in the Data Portability space, you will be responsible for shaping the forward-looking technical direction for Data Residency Understand data residency | Atlassian Support. You’ll be comfortable flying at all altitudes, getting into the weeds, and flexible with all stages including “Propose, Influence, Review, and Implement”
• You will work closely with the leadership in engineering, product, and design, on all features and operational aspects of our products with responsibility for the technical roadmap.
• You will be a role model for and influence a large team of engineers at various seniority levels all the way from new college grads to principal engineers, and coach/mentor engineers across the various teams.
• As a member of the cross-company cloud technical architecture group, you will propose and review architectures and designs for the solution and cross-cutting software capabilities.
• You will periodically present technical direction to the CTO, the Engineering Leadership Team (ELT) and other forums consisting of senior executives in the company.

Experience in the following is preferred:Experience in scaling architectures related to large volumes of data, in the cloudDeep understanding & proven experience in working on security and compliance-related features in public cloudInfluencing business leaders and teams across cross-geographical locations.Our perks & benefitsTo support you at work and play, our perks and benefits include ample time off, an annual education budget, paid volunteer days, and so much more.About AtlassianThe world’s best teams work better together with Atlassian. From medicine and space travel, to disaster response and pizza deliveries, Atlassian software products help teams all over the planet. At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team.We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.To learn more about our culture and hiring process, explore our Candidate Resource Hub.