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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:We are seeking a Senior Principal Engineering Manager / Head of Engineering (M70) to lead the Atlassian Guard engineering organization. Atlassian Guard is our enterprise-grade security product that helps organizations protect their critical data across the Atlassian cloud ecosystem — delivering capabilities such as data loss prevention, threat detection, identity & access management, audit logging, and security policy enforcement.
In this role, you will own the engineering strategy, team health, and delivery excellence for Atlassian Guard. You will lead multiple engineering teams, partner closely with Product, Design, and Go-to-Market stakeholders, and be accountable for building a world-class security product that scales to serve hundreds of thousands of enterprise customers.
Responsibilities
Engineering Leadership & People Management
Lead and scale a multi-team engineering organization (managers of managers), including hiring, retention, performance management, and organizational design.
Build a high-performance culture rooted in psychological safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Develop engineering leaders — coach and mentor engineering managers and senior ICs to grow in their careers and impact.
Champion engineering excellence across the organization through best practices in architecture, reliability, security, and operational readiness.
Strategy & Vision
Define and own the engineering vision and technical strategy for Atlassian Guard, ensuring alignment with Atlassian's broader platform and security strategy.
Partner with Product Management and Design to shape the multi-year product roadmap, making informed trade-offs between customer value, technical investment, and operational sustainability.
Drive innovation in cloud security — staying ahead of evolving threat landscapes, compliance requirements (SOC2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, etc.), and industry trends.
Execution & Delivery
Be accountable for delivery of complex, multi-quarter programs across multiple teams, ensuring predictability, quality, and customer impact.
Establish and track key engineering metrics (velocity, reliability, quality, team health) to drive data-informed decisions.
Own operational excellence — ensure Atlassian Guard meets the highest standards of availability, performance, and incident response.
Cross-Functional & Organizational Influence
Collaborate across Atlassian with peer engineering leaders, platform teams, security teams, and executive stakeholders to drive alignment and remove blockers.
Represent Atlassian Guard in senior leadership forums, contributing to company-wide engineering strategy and investment decisions.
Partner with Go-to-Market teams (Sales, Customer Success, Solutions Engineering) to ensure the product meets enterprise customer needs and supports business growth.
Qualifications
15+ years of experience in software engineering, with 7+ years in engineering management, including experience as a manager of managers leading multi-team organizations.
Proven track record of building, scaling, and leading high-performing engineering teams (50+ engineers preferred) in a fast-paced SaaS/cloud environment.
Deep understanding of cloud security domains — identity & access management, data protection, threat detection, compliance, or related areas.
Strong technical acumen — ability to engage meaningfully in architectural decisions, system design, and technical trade-offs even as a senior leader.
Experience delivering enterprise-grade products with high reliability and scale requirements.
Exceptional communication and influence skills — comfortable presenting to executives, partnering with cross-functional leaders, and inspiring large teams.
Demonstrated ability to think strategically while maintaining a strong bias for action and execution.
Experience operating in agile/lean environments and driving continuous improvement in engineering processes.
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 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: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: $243,900 - $318,425
Zone B: $219,510 - $286,583
Zone C: $202,437 - $264,293
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 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.
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:We are seeking a Senior Principal Engineering Manager / Head of Engineering (M70) to lead the Atlassian Guard engineering organization. Atlassian Guard is our enterprise-grade security product that helps organizations protect their critical data across the Atlassian cloud ecosystem — delivering capabilities such as data loss prevention, threat detection, identity & access management, audit logging, and security policy enforcement.
In this role, you will own the engineering strategy, team health, and delivery excellence for Atlassian Guard. You will lead multiple engineering teams, partner closely with Product, Design, and Go-to-Market stakeholders, and be accountable for building a world-class security product that scales to serve hundreds of thousands of enterprise customers.
Responsibilities
Engineering Leadership & People Management
Lead and scale a multi-team engineering organization (managers of managers), including hiring, retention, performance management, and organizational design.
Build a high-performance culture rooted in psychological safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Develop engineering leaders — coach and mentor engineering managers and senior ICs to grow in their careers and impact.
Champion engineering excellence across the organization through best practices in architecture, reliability, security, and operational readiness.
Strategy & Vision
Define and own the engineering vision and technical strategy for Atlassian Guard, ensuring alignment with Atlassian's broader platform and security strategy.
Partner with Product Management and Design to shape the multi-year product roadmap, making informed trade-offs between customer value, technical investment, and operational sustainability.
Drive innovation in cloud security — staying ahead of evolving threat landscapes, compliance requirements (SOC2, ISO 27001, FedRAMP, etc.), and industry trends.
Execution & Delivery
Be accountable for delivery of complex, multi-quarter programs across multiple teams, ensuring predictability, quality, and customer impact.
Establish and track key engineering metrics (velocity, reliability, quality, team health) to drive data-informed decisions.
Own operational excellence — ensure Atlassian Guard meets the highest standards of availability, performance, and incident response.
Cross-Functional & Organizational Influence
Collaborate across Atlassian with peer engineering leaders, platform teams, security teams, and executive stakeholders to drive alignment and remove blockers.
Represent Atlassian Guard in senior leadership forums, contributing to company-wide engineering strategy and investment decisions.
Partner with Go-to-Market teams (Sales, Customer Success, Solutions Engineering) to ensure the product meets enterprise customer needs and supports business growth.
Qualifications
15+ years of experience in software engineering, with 7+ years in engineering management, including experience as a manager of managers leading multi-team organizations.
Proven track record of building, scaling, and leading high-performing engineering teams (50+ engineers preferred) in a fast-paced SaaS/cloud environment.
Deep understanding of cloud security domains — identity & access management, data protection, threat detection, compliance, or related areas.
Strong technical acumen — ability to engage meaningfully in architectural decisions, system design, and technical trade-offs even as a senior leader.
Experience delivering enterprise-grade products with high reliability and scale requirements.
Exceptional communication and influence skills — comfortable presenting to executives, partnering with cross-functional leaders, and inspiring large teams.
Demonstrated ability to think strategically while maintaining a strong bias for action and execution.
Experience operating in agile/lean environments and driving continuous improvement in engineering processes.
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 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: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: $243,900 - $318,425
Zone B: $219,510 - $286,583
Zone C: $202,437 - $264,293
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 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.
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What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in head of engineering jobs.
- 10 or more years of software engineering experience with at least 5 in engineering leadership
- Proven experience managing managers and building high-performing engineering teams
- Strong command of software architecture, system design, and technical roadmapping
- Experience partnering with product, design, and business stakeholders on delivery planning
- Familiarity with agile or other iterative development methodologies and engineering metrics
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Head Of Engineering Job Search
Quantify engineering org impact clearly
Your resume should show how many engineers you've led, how team size changed under your leadership, and how delivery metrics shifted. Hiring committees for head of engineering roles want evidence of org-level outcomes, not just project ownership.
Tailor your story to company stage
A Series B startup wants someone who can build hiring pipelines from scratch. A public company wants process maturity and cross-functional alignment. Read the job description for signals like 'scrappy,' 'scale,' or 'standardize' and mirror that language in your application.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists head of engineering openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Prepare a technical credibility narrative
You'll be asked how long ago you last wrote production code and how you stay current. Have a concrete answer ready: specific languages, recent architectural decisions you influenced, or how you run technical reviews with your staff engineers.
Research the engineering org before interviewing
Check engineering blogs, conference talks, and public GitHub repos tied to the company. Knowing their stack, current scaling challenges, or recent architectural shifts lets you ask sharper questions and signal genuine interest in their specific problems.
Negotiate scope before negotiating compensation
Before accepting an offer, clarify reporting structure, budget authority, and which decisions you own versus which require executive sign-off. Misaligned scope is the most common reason heads of engineering leave within the first year.
Head Of Engineering Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most head of engineerings?
The companies hiring the most head of engineerings right now include boi, HARVEY, and TikTok, with the largest share of openings in California, New York, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Demand is strongest at growth-stage startups and mid-market technology companies expanding their engineering orgs.
How many head of engineering jobs are remote?
About 61% of head of engineering openings are fully remote or hybrid as of November 2026, making it one of the more flexible senior leadership roles in the market. Platform engineering, infrastructure, and back-end-focused roles tend to offer the highest share of remote flexibility compared to roles tied to in-person hardware or lab environments.
How do you become a head of engineering?
Most heads of engineering move up through staff or principal engineer roles, then into engineering manager and director positions before stepping into a head-level seat. The path requires demonstrating that you can develop managers, own a technical roadmap, and influence product direction. Building cross-functional relationships with product and design leaders accelerates the transition, as does taking ownership of hiring and team structure early.
Can you get hired as a head of engineering with limited leadership experience?
It's possible at smaller companies or early-stage startups where the role is being created rather than backfilled. Candidates who have led a full engineering team through a product launch, even informally, have a stronger case than those with only individual contributor experience. Highlighting decisions you owned, engineers you mentored, and processes you introduced matters more than your official title history.
What does the head of engineering interview process look like?
The process typically runs across four to six rounds. Early stages include a recruiter screen and a hiring manager conversation focused on leadership philosophy and career trajectory. Later rounds involve system design or architecture discussions, a presentation on how you'd approach the first ninety days, and panel interviews with product, design, and executive stakeholders. References and a final executive conversation are common at the close.
Where can I find and apply to head of engineering jobs?
You can find and apply to head of engineering jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Search the listings to find roles that match your experience and seniority level, then apply directly to each one that fits.
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