Principal Machine Learning Systems Engineer

americas· Engineering
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About this role

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.

Responsibilities

As a Principal ML System Engineer in the Rovo & AI Engineering org, you will contribute to Atlassian’s biggest bet and fastest area of growth, Rovo Chat. You will bring the latest bleeding edge innovations to the product and build agent harnesses that deliver a step function improvement in quality, reliability and latency.

You will have the opportunity to lead other engineers to drive involved projects from technical design to launch. You will also collaborate with other teams and internal customers to set expectations, gather input and communicate results. Your role is pivotal, stretching beyond these tasks, ensuring AI's transformative potential is realized across our offerings.

Your future team

The Rovo & AI Engineering org’s mission is to make Rovo the fastest, most trusted way for any team to find, understand, and act on their organization’s knowledge. Over the last year, the team has made rapid strides along this direction and the product surface has witnessed a 10x growth as a direct result of this effort.

Qualifications

On your first day, we’ll expect you to have

  • 7+ years of experience as a software developer

  • Experience building customer facing Gen AI Applications at scale

  • Experience pushing the state of the art to achieve breakthrough quality and reliability

  • Deep understanding of Machine Learning projects lifecycle

  • Experience leading and supporting senior engineers and working cross functionally

It would be great, but not required if you have

  • Expertise in taking a platform approach to building product features, enabling multi team contributions

  • Experience with efficiently scaling and deploying Machine Learning models

Compensation

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive 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: $236,700 - $309,025

Zone B: $213,000 - $278,123

Zone C: $196,400 - $256,491

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.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Where is the Principal Machine Learning Systems Engineer position at americas located?
This Principal Machine Learning Systems Engineer role at americas is based in San Francisco, CA, US, Seattle, WA, US. The position is listed as on-site or hybrid. Check the full job description or apply directly to confirm the work arrangement.
Is the Principal Machine Learning Systems Engineer role at americas full-time or part-time?
This is listed as a OTHER position. It is posted as a Principal Machine Learning Systems Engineer role in the Engineering department at americas.
Which team or department does the Principal Machine Learning Systems Engineer at americas belong to?
This Principal Machine Learning Systems Engineer position is part of the Engineering department at americas. See the full job description for more information about the team structure and responsibilities.
How do I apply for the Principal Machine Learning Systems Engineer position at americas?
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When was the Principal Machine Learning Systems Engineer job at americas posted?
This Principal Machine Learning Systems Engineer position at americas was posted on Jun 15, 2026. Apply as soon as possible — early applications are often reviewed first.
Principal Machine Learning Systems Engineer
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