Head of Engineering

Overview

Working at Atlassian

Atlassians can choose where they work – whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.

Responsibilities

Your future team

Atlassian is looking for an Engineering Leader to join the Confluence Cloud Engineering team and drive strategy and execution for scaling Confluence’s services to support the next generation of large enterprise customers. We are looking for a leader passionate about building systems at scale. You will lead a world-class data engineering practice, shape up technical strategy and system architecture, and take responsibility for Confluence’s overall scalability and security posture.

You will partner with product, platform engineering, and peers and senior stakeholders across product engineering on multiple programs. This position will report to the Head of Engineering for Confluence Monetization & Enterprise.

You are passionate about technology, software architecture, and scalable systems. While highly technical, you are also able to connect the dots between low-level engineering projects and the ultimate impact these investments have on customer experiences.

You have experience managing managers and a record of attracting and growing talent through hiring, mentoring, and hands-on career development. You foster an inclusive environment where all points of view are welcomed and encouraged, while also maintaining high standards for delivery and execution.

What you'll do

• Lead an engineering organization of 4 different teams focusing on reliability, scalability, security, and compliance

• Drive technical strategy and execution for efficiently scaling Confluence Cloud to support the next generation of enterprise customers

• Collaborate with partners across product, engineering, and program management functions to influence the Confluence product roadmap in support of reliability and scale

• Foster an engineering culture of high performance and world-class delivery, while supporting your teams with empathy and investing in their career growth

• Collaborate with SRE on projects to optimize the interaction between services and infrastructure

• Collaborate with Finance on capacity planning and estimation

Qualifications

Your background

• 8+ years of experience in building and scaling engineering teams with a focus on reliability, scalability, performance, and cost

• 8+ years of experience leading engineering teams, experience managing managers of managers, and experience running organizations with over 50 engineers efficiently across geographies

• Product sense with an understanding of product …