Head of Engineering

Working at Atlassian
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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

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 drivers and of how to align highly technical work with customer and business outcomes
• Demonstrated experience developing influential relationships and trust with senior leaders across different departments
• Prior experience partnering with Engineering, Product Management, and Platform teams
• Experience with Amazon Web Services

Compensation
At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable and explainable compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience.
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: $239,000 - $318,600
Zone B: $215,100 - $286,700
Zone C: $198,300 - $264,400
This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
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.
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Our perks & benefits
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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.
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