Head of Engineering, Automation Platform

3 days ago


Sydney NSW, Australia Atlassian Full time $200,000 - $400,000 per year

Overview:

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.

For this role we are able to hire anywhere in Australia or New Zealand

Overview

Overview

The Teamwork Platform Organisation is a key pillar of Atlassian's Platform Engineering group, delivering a unified system that connects teams, work, and knowledge across Atlassian and third-party tools. Our Automation Platform group builds and scales automation capabilities for complex, enterprise-grade workflows.

We are seeking a Head of Engineering, Automation Platform, to lead the design and delivery of high-scale, reliable workflow engines and automation services. In this role, you'll shape platform architecture, drive large-scale projects, and play a pivotal part in delivering innovative, AI-powered solutions for Atlassian customers.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead a 50-60 person engineering organization focused on infra-centric, backend engineering.
  • Set vision and strategy for the Automation Platform, ensuring it meets the needs of Atlassian's largest enterprise customers (Enterprise-grade scale, reliability, and security )
  • Drive the evolution of the platform to advanced orchestration and intelligent automation, leveraging AI and the Teamwork Graph.
  • Collaborate with product, design, and platform teams to deliver seamless cross-product automation experiences.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to align on business process automation, analytics, and AI-powered experiences.
  • Mentor and grow engineering leaders, fostering a culture of technical excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement.
  • Stay ahead of industry trends to ensure Atlassian's automation capabilities remain best-in-class.

Qualifications:

  • Proven experience leading large, infra-centric backend engineering teams in global, distributed environments.
  • Deep expertise in designing and building large-scale, enterprise-grade distributed systems
  • Demonstrated expertise with automation platforms, workflow engines, or async engines is desirable
  • Track record of delivering high-scale, reliable, and secure platforms for enterprise customers.
  • Strong focus on operational excellence, reliability, and performance at scale.
  • Exceptional communication and collaboration skills; able to influence and partner across teams.
  • Experience leading multi-year, cross-org technical initiatives that drive business outcomes.
  • Passion for empowering teams through automation and data-driven insights.

Why Join Us?

  • Shape the future of teamwork and automation at one of the world's leading SaaS companies.
  • Lead a high-impact, high-visibility engineering organization at scale.
  • Work with cutting-edge technologies in automation, AI, and distributed systems.
  • Collaborate with world-class talent across engineering, product, and design.
  • Enjoy Atlassian's flexible, distributed-first work culture and comprehensive benefits.

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

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



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