[Remote] Senior Principal Engineer, Identity

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 looking for an experienced software engineer/architect to join the Identity group, responsible for evolving the Identity platform and ensuring it meets the needs of large enterprise customers in a secure manner. Responsibilities • Shape the forward-looking technical direction and long-term architecture for the Identity Platform • Collaborate with product, engineering and design leaders to understand and influence the broader department level long term strategy • Build a technical strategy to address the security and compliance needs of the full spectrum of customers (from small and medium to the largest enterprises). • Ensure that the technical strategy you build is aligned with the technical strategy of Atlassian products and platforms • Partner with principal engineers and architects from other teams and drive exploration of large-scale projects spanning multiple teams • Provide pragmatic and balanced advice to the engineering leaders to invest in the long term architecture while also servicing the current systems with high quality • Improve, through example, the quality of software construction and meaningful code reviews in an agile environment. • Be a role model for, and influence a large team of engineers at multiple seniority levels all the way from grads to principal engineers, and mentor engineers across the teams. • Be influential within your team and work with peers and senior leaders to define and revise the standards for operational excellence across Atlassian. • Mentor, hire and develop other engineers. Skills • 12+ years of experience building software, with 4+ years in an architect/principal role working across teams • Expert-level proficiency with 5+ years experience in Identity and Access Management systems • Broad experience architecting, designing, building large-scale systems (for enterprises) with multiple dependencies • Passion for building quality solutions and up-keeping quality standards. • Success with building, expressing, and pitching a technical vision to stakeholders. • Experience with collaboration with an ecosystem of teams • Success with leading the long-term strategy for software architecture • Experience with building and operating large scale, high availability, high reliability services • Experience in operational requirements and common challenges of software systems • Experience working on security and compliance-related features • A desire to influence the company's technical direction • An ability and desire to mentor and coach engineers. • Proficiency in spoken and written English Benefits • Health coverage • Paid volunteer days • Wellness resources Company Overview • Atlassian is a software company that offers proprietary software products for teamwork, project management, and software development. It was founded in 2002, and is headquartered in Sydney, New South Wales, AUS, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is Company H1B Sponsorship • Atlassian has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 263 in 2025, 184 in 2024, 190 in 2023, 259 in 2022, 156 in 2021, 162 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Apply tot his job