Head of Data Engineering
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Head of Data Engineering

Atlassian

Job Location : New York,NY, USA

Posted on : 2025-09-21T01:05:33Z

Job Description :
Overview

Working at Atlassian. Atlassians can choose where they work – in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually as part of being a distributed-first company. Atlassians can be hired in any country where there is a legal entity.

Responsibilities

Data is a big deal at Atlassian. We ingest billions of events each month into our analytical platforms and rely on data platforms across many teams to drive decisions. Atlassian is looking for an Engineering Leader to join the Data Engineering team and build data products that power product strategy and important decisions across the organization. You will lead a world-class data engineering practice, shape technical strategy and data architecture, and develop data products to enable reporting, analytics, data science, machine learning, and AI workloads.

As the data domain specialist, you will partner with IT, data platform, product engineering, analytics teams and data scientists to support multiple programs. This is a remote position and will report to the Head of Engineering.

Qualifications
  • 15+ years of experience in building and scaling data teams with a focus on data strategy, infrastructure planning, architecture, and data products
  • 10+ years of experience leading data engineering teams, experience managing managers of managers, and scaling organizations with 20+ engineers across geographies
  • 10+ years of experience delivering data and analytics solutions for product teams
  • Product sense with an understanding of product drivers and how to guide value using data
  • Demonstrated ability to develop influential relationships and trust with senior leaders across departments
  • Experience partnering with Analytics, Data Science, Engineering and Product Management teams
  • Experience building microservices and RESTful APIs
  • Experience implementing DevOps practices within the data platform, including CI/CD, data observability, monitoring, and lineage
  • Experience with BI tools like Tableau, Amplitude, and Redash
  • A graduate degree in Computer Science or a related field

It's Great But Not Required If You Have

  • Experience working for SaaS companies
  • Experience with Machine Learning
  • Contributed code to open source projects
Compensation

At Atlassian, we design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. The baseline of our range is higher than typical market ranges, and we hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience. In the United States, the base pay zones are:

  • Zone A: $234,000 - $305,500
  • Zone B: $210,600 - $274,950
  • Zone C: $194,400 - $253,800

This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity. Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for details on locations included in each geographic pay zone and confirm your zone with your recruiter.

Benefits & Perks

At Atlassian, we offer a wide range of perks and benefits to support you, your family, and your community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources and paid volunteer days. 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 worldwide, and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools enables what may be impossible alone, to be possible together.

We believe the unique contributions of all Atlassians drive our success. We never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. We can support accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Inform our Recruitment team during your conversation.

To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh.

Seniority level

  • Mid-Senior level

Employment type

  • Full-time

Job function

  • Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

  • Software Development

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