Principal Product Designer, Software Collection

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. This role is open to candidates located in Australia only. The primary office location in Australia is in Sydney. Candidates must be located in this country on Day 1 of employment.

Your Future Team

Software practice is going through a once-in-a-lifetime change, brought about by powerful AI capabilities. This role will help Atlassian redefine software practice in this AI-native world. To that end, this Principal Designer will work with design, product and engineering leadership to envision an AI-native software development life-cycle (SDLC), driving alignment and connection between Atlassian's existing portfolio of products, and shepherd that vision into reality.

The ideal candidate will have experience designing tools for developers and/or across the SDLC, as well as experience designing AI-powered features or products. The ideal candidate is a blend of technical depth with systems thinking, yet who obsesses over design details.

Help Atlassian finally solve long-time toil in the software development process

What you'll do

• Envision the future of software development, powered by AI

• Scan the product landscape for big opportunities to improve experiences using data and heuristics.

• Lead strategic vision and conceptual design outcomes to drive those opportunities across the service management landscape

• Apply your systems thinking and ability to understand complex relationships between various products, channels, features to drive better design outcomes

• Have a strong skillset in visual and interaction design which enables you to visually communicate your work for influence and impact

• Drive alignment with executive stakeholders around your ideas

• Lead design projects from creation to execution and be responsible for tying back to customer value delivery and outcomes

• Identify success metrics ensuring design solutions continue to deliver customer value

• Work with Engineers, Product Managers, Content Designers, Researchers, Marketing Experts, and Analysts to advocate for the user experience in our products, define wider growth strategy for Software Collection, and ship high-quality work

• Bring perspective and needs of Software Collection design to larger strategic design projects

• Contribute to design initiatives outside Software Collection, and help improve overall design capability at Atlassian

• Lead craft for Software Collection - drive design reviews, design crits and be the design craft leader and coach to other designers to help raise the bar

To be successful in this role, you will need to have the following:

• 10-12+ years in product design of complex systems, ideally within a developer-centered context (IDEs, SCM tools)

• Experience in envisioning and delivering AI-native experiences

• Demonstrated expertise in system design, interaction design, prototyping, with a passion for delivering exceptional user experiences.

• Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional partners, align stakeholders, and influence product strategy.

• Clear, effective communicator with a strong ability to present and defend design decisions and direction.

• A natural mentor with a talent for elevating the work of more junior designers.

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical thinking skills; using research, data insights, and design thinking to drive user-centered outcomes.

• Exceptional skill in employing storytelling and design to bring clarity to complex and abstract topics when communicating with stakeholders.

• Strong knowledge of visual design principles, including grids, layout, typography, and composition, and the ability to create cohesive, visually engaging designs.

• Experience collaborating with engineering teams to align design with architecture, informing technical decisions that enhance the user experience.

• Excellent facilitation, communication, and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders across product, engineering, and design.

• A track record of coaching and mentoring designers to raise craft quality and foster a growth mindset.

• Familiarity with design systems, experience contributing to their evolution and scaling within a complex organization.

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

About Atlassian

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