Senior Principal Data Platform Software Engineer

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About the role

We’re looking for a Sr Principal Data Platform Software Engineer (P70) to be a key technical leader in the Product Data Platform org. In this role, you will be joining a strong cross-geo team of engineers to design and operate data platform capabilities that power Atlassian’s product analytics and ML experiences. You will:

• Design, develop and own delivery of high quality big data and analytical platform solutions aiming to solve Atlassian’s needs to support millions of users with optimal cost, minimal latency and maximum reliability.
• Improve and operate large‑scale distributed data systems in the cloud (primarily AWS, with increasing integration with GCP and Kubernetes‑based microservices)
• Drive the evolution of our high-performance analytical databases and its integrations with products, cloud infrastructures (AWS and GCP) and isolated cloud environments
• Help define and uplift engineering and operational standards for petabyte scale data platforms, with sub‑second analytic queries and multi‑region availability (coding guidelines, code review practices, observability, incident response, SLIs/SLOs)
• Partner across multiple product and platform teams (including Analytics, Marketplace/Ecosystem, Core Data Platform, ML Platform, Search, and Oasis/FedRAMP) to deliver company‑wide initiatives that depend on reliable, high‑quality data
• Act as a technical mentor and multiplier, raising the bar on design quality, code quality, and operational excellence across the broader team
• Design and implement self‑healing, resilient data platforms with strong observability, fault tolerance, and recovery characteristics
• Own the long‑term architecture and technical direction of Atlassian’s product data platform with projects that are directly tied to Atlassian’s company-level OKRs.
• Be accountable for the reliability, cost efficiency,and strategic direction of Atlassian’s product analytical data platform
• Partner with executives and influence senior leaders to align engineering efforts with Atlassian’s long-term business objectives.
• Lead cross-organizational initiatives that have a lasting impact on Atlassian’s growth and innovation.

This is a high‑impact, high‑visibility role where you will influence data platform strategy across Atlassian and help shape how product data is collected...