Principal Software Engineer - Loom · 💰 Zone A: $209,700–$273,775
North America
October 23, 2026 at 1:48 AM
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💰 Zone A: $209,700–$273,775
Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
Experience Level
- 10+ years full stack
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 class="bg-amber-100">goals, and other priorities. We can hire class="bg-amber-100">people in any country where we have a legal entity.
We're looking for product-minded Principal class="bg-amber-100">Engineers. This is a hands-on individual-contributor role for class="bg-amber-100">engineers who sit at the seam between deep class="bg-amber-100">technical craft and sharp product judgment. You'll own customer-facing products end to end across the full stack, shape what gets built rather than just how, and build the next generation of AI-native and agentic experiences used by teams all over the planet.
In This Role, You Will
At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate's skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range.
Please visit class="bg-amber-100">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.
This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
Pay Ranges
Role
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: $209,700 - $273,775
Zone B: $188,730 - $246,398
Zone C: $174,051 - $227,233
In Canada, for this role, our current base pay range for new hires is:
Canada: CA$172,800 - CA$225,600
Qualifications
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 class="bg-amber-100">go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits .
About Atlassian
At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common class="bg-amber-100">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 class="bg-amber-100">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 class="bg-amber-100">culture and hiring process, visit class="bg-amber-100">go.atlassian.com/crh .
In line with local law, identity verification (which may include use of biometric class="bg-amber-100">data) is a condition of employment with Atlassian for employment fraud purposes.
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 class="bg-amber-100">goals, and other priorities. We can hire class="bg-amber-100">people in any country where we have a legal entity.
We're looking for product-minded Principal class="bg-amber-100">Engineers. This is a hands-on individual-contributor role for class="bg-amber-100">engineers who sit at the seam between deep class="bg-amber-100">technical craft and sharp product judgment. You'll own customer-facing products end to end across the full stack, shape what gets built rather than just how, and build the next generation of AI-native and agentic experiences used by teams all over the planet.
In This Role, You Will
- Own customer-facing product experiences end to end across the full stack - taking ambiguous problems all the way to shipped, measured outcomes
- Lead class="bg-amber-100">technical strategy and the implementation large-scale features and systems
- Partner with product, design, class="bg-amber-100">data, and class="bg-amber-100">engineering to influence product strategy and direction
- Evaluate trade-offs between correctness, robustness, performance, and customer impact to ensure we build the right solution
- Contribute to system design, code reviews, documentation, and best practices with class="bg-amber-100">security, performance and reliability in mind
- Mentor and level up the class="bg-amber-100">engineering organization by sharing your expertise
- 10+ years of full stack experience in product and platform class="bg-amber-100">engineering
- Proven ability to architect, build, and operate large-scale, distributed systems and user-facing class="bg-amber-100">applications
- Extensive experience establishing operational excellence, automated class="bg-amber-100">testing strategies, production telemetry, and managing service reliability
- Strong product and UX mindset
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills; able to influence and partner across teams and organizations towards business outcomes
- Passion for innovation, continuous improvement, mentorship, and fostering an inclusive, high-performing class="bg-amber-100">engineering environment
At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. We follow consistent hiring practices and account for each candidate's skills, knowledge, and experience when setting base pay within the range.
Please visit class="bg-amber-100">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.
This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
Pay Ranges
Role
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: $209,700 - $273,775
Zone B: $188,730 - $246,398
Zone C: $174,051 - $227,233
In Canada, for this role, our current base pay range for new hires is:
Canada: CA$172,800 - CA$225,600
Qualifications
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 class="bg-amber-100">go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits .
About Atlassian
At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common class="bg-amber-100">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 class="bg-amber-100">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 class="bg-amber-100">culture and hiring process, visit class="bg-amber-100">go.atlassian.com/crh .
In line with local law, identity verification (which may include use of biometric class="bg-amber-100">data) is a condition of employment with Atlassian for employment fraud purposes.