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Atlassian

Principal Engineer - Kubernetes Platform

Salary$174k – $274k
LocationSeattle, United States; San Francisco, United States; Remote
Work moderemote
Typefull-time
DepartmentEngineering
EquityIncluded
Company size10,000+ people
First seen1mo ago
Last seen2w ago
Principal Engineer - Kubernetes Platform
Engineering | Seattle, United States | Remote, Remote | San Francisco, United States |
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About the role
As a Principal Engineer with Deep Engineer archetype in Kubernetes Platform, you will own technically complex, high-impact outcomes from problem definition through production. You will bring deep expertise in agent infrastructure and distributed systems to shape the platform’s architecture and technical direction. You’ll make sound trade-offs across security, isolation, performance, scalability, portability, cost, and developer experience, while remaining close to the code and operational reality.
You will influence across teams and geographies, partner with product and engineering leaders, and raise the effectiveness of engineers through coaching, design leadership, and practical engineering standards. Success will be measured by sustained outcomes—not activity—including safer workloads, faster iteration, reliable services, and leverage across Atlassian.
Responsibilities
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Define and deliver the technical strategy for secure, low-latency compute infrastructure for AI agents and untrusted workloads.
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Lead architecture and implementation of isolation, scheduling, lifecycle management, networking, policy enforcement, observability, and control-plane capabilities.
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Own end-to-end outcomes for ambiguous, cross-team initiatives, from design and prioritisation to launch, adoption, and measurable operational results.
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Advance portable, cloud-native execution across GCP and AWS while balancing platform consistency with regional and workload needs.
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Champion operational excellence for a tier-0 platform: reliability, security, privacy, incident learning, performance, and cost efficiency.
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Improve the developer experience through self-service APIs, automation, paved paths, and clear platform contracts.
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Set direction through written proposals and thoughtful technical decisions; mentor engineers and help grow an inclusive, high-performing team.
Benefits
At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate’s skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range.
Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.
This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
In The United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:
Zone A: $209,700 - $273,775
Zone B: $188,730 - $246,398
Zone C: $174,051 - $227,233
Benefits & Perks
Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits.
About Atlassian
At Atlassian, we’re motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.
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To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.
Hiring process
To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh.
In line with local law, identity verification (which may include use of biometric data) is a condition of employment with Atlassian for employment fraud purposes.
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