Atlassian

Principal Engineer - Kubernetes Platform

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10 days ago
Remote, Worldwide +2 moreStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Base Salary

$174k - $274k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Define and deliver technical strategy for secure, low-latency compute infrastructure for AI agents and untrusted workloads.
  • Lead architecture and implementation of isolation, scheduling, lifecycle management, networking, policy enforcement, observability, and control-plane capabilities.
  • Own cross-team initiatives from problem definition and design through launch, adoption, and measurable operational results.
  • Advance portable cloud-native execution across GCP and AWS.
  • Champion reliability, security, privacy, incident learning, performance, and cost efficiency for a tier-0 platform.
  • Improve developer experience through self-service APIs, automation, paved paths, and clear platform contracts.
  • Set technical direction through written proposals and technical decisions, mentor engineers, and help grow an inclusive, high-performing team.

Requirements

  • Deep expertise in agent infrastructure and distributed systems.
  • Experience shaping platform architecture and technical direction for complex, high-impact systems.
  • Ability to make trade-offs across security, isolation, performance, scalability, portability, cost, and developer experience.
  • Experience leading architecture and implementation of cloud-native platform capabilities and owning end-to-end operational outcomes.
  • Ability to influence across teams and geographies and coach engineers.

Benefits

  • Flexible choice to work from an office, from home, or in a hybrid arrangement.
  • Health and wellbeing resources.
  • Paid volunteer days.
  • Potential eligibility for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
  • Employment opportunities are available in countries where Atlassian has a legal entity, subject to local requirements.
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About Atlassian

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