Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Atlassian is a company focused on unleashing the potential of every team through their software products. They are seeking a Principal Engineer for the Kubernetes Platform who will own technically complex outcomes and influence across teams while shaping the platform’s architecture and technical direction.
Responsibilities
- Define and deliver the 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 end-to-end outcomes for ambiguous, cross-team initiatives, from design and prioritisation to launch, adoption, and measurable operational results
- Advance portable, cloud-native execution across GCP and AWS while balancing platform consistency with regional and workload needs
- Champion operational excellence for a tier-0 platform: reliability, security, privacy, incident learning, performance, and cost efficiency
- Improve the developer experience through self-service APIs, automation, paved paths, and clear platform contracts
- Set direction through written proposals and thoughtful technical decisions; mentor engineers and help grow an inclusive, high-performing team
Skills
- Deep expertise in agent infrastructure and distributed systems
- Experience in defining and delivering technical strategy for secure, low-latency compute infrastructure for AI agents and untrusted workloads
- Proven ability to lead architecture and implementation of isolation, scheduling, lifecycle management, networking, policy enforcement, observability, and control-plane capabilities
- Experience owning end-to-end outcomes for ambiguous, cross-team initiatives, from design and prioritization to launch, adoption, and measurable operational results
- Ability to advance portable, cloud-native execution across GCP and AWS while balancing platform consistency with regional and workload needs
- Champion operational excellence for a tier-0 platform: reliability, security, privacy, incident learning, performance, and cost efficiency
- Experience improving developer experience through self-service APIs, automation, paved paths, and clear platform contracts
- Ability to set direction through written proposals and thoughtful technical decisions
- Experience mentoring engineers and helping grow an inclusive, high-performing team
Benefits
- Atlassians can choose where they work – whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two.
- This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
- Health and wellbeing resources
- Paid volunteer days
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