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At a glance
Atlassian is hiring a Senior Backend Software Engineer in San Francisco, CA. It is a full-time fully remote role in Software & IT, asking for at least 5 years of experience, first listed on November 4. The description mentions Java, Python, Kotlin, Scala, AWS and Google Cloud. Atlassian has 99 other openings in the US, 58 of them in San Francisco, CA. Across all employers on USA Jobs 24 there are 725 Software & IT openings in San Francisco, CA today; the typical one asks for 5 years and advertises about $230,000 a year at the midpoint.
How the pay compares
Atlassian has not published pay for this job, or we could not find it in the advert. Of the 1,798 software & IT jobs in California on USA Jobs 24, 77% show pay, and the typical yearly midpoint among them is $213,000. That gives you a fair starting point when the subject comes up. California has a pay transparency law that requires most employers to give a pay range for jobs there, so it is reasonable to ask the recruiter for it.
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About hiring at Atlassian
Atlassian has 100 openings on USA Jobs 24 today across 5 states. Most are in software & IT (34), data & AI (29) and sales & BD (15). The biggest locations are San Francisco, CA (59), Seattle, WA (46) and Mountain View, CA (20). 90% of them are remote, 18% are open to entry-level candidates and 14% show pay. We collect Atlassian's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Atlassian Careers), never from job boards or agencies.
The employer's advert
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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.
Responsibilities
What You'll Do:
Drive large, complex projects autonomously, from technical design to launch
Tackle complex architecture challenges, apply architectural standards and start using them on new projects
Lead code reviews & documentation as well as take on complex bug fixes, especially on high-risk problems
Be an example for thorough, meaningful code reviews
Partner across engineering teams to tackle company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects
Transfer your depth of knowledge from your current language to excel as a Java developer.
Mentor junior members of the team
Qualifications
Your Background:
5+ years experience building and developing backend applications
Bachelor's or Master's degree with a preference for Computer Science degree - Senior-level experience with one or more prominent languages such as Java, Python, Kotlin, Go, or Scala is required.
Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry with hands-on experience with public cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
Fluency in any one database technology (e.g. RDBMS like Oracle or Postgres and/or NoSQL like DynamoDB or Cassandra)
Experience crafting and implementing well-tested, highly scalable and performant micro-services and/or other distributed systems
Practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies (e.g., XP, scrum)
Knowledge to evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, space and time
Practice in mentoring other engineers and influencing decision makers throughout the organization -
Considers the customer impact when making technical decisions
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.
We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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.
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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