Principal Machine Learning Engineer - JIRA AI

Atlassian is looking for a talented Principal Machine Learning Engineer to join one of our Sydney engineering teams in Jira Cloud called "Jira AI". Our team is responsible for shaping the future of workflow collaboration in Jira with AI. As an Engineer well into your career, we know you're an expert at what you do and have a breadth of experience in AI and Machine Learning which will lead us towards delivering great value to our customers. You take pride in being someone who more junior members look up to and sharing your expertise with others... That's why we're placing a heavy emphasis on leaning on your expertise to take on a high level of responsibility while being a role model and mentor to others on the team.
As a Principal Machine Learning engineer, you will drive the development and implementation of cutting-edge machine learning algorithms and training sophisticated models, as well as collaborate with our cross-functional team to build the new AI functionalities into Jira. Your daily responsibilities will encompass a broad spectrum of tasks, such as designing system and model architectures, conducting rigorous experimentation and model evaluations, providing guidance to emerging ML engineers and upskilling the team in ML. Your role is pivotal, stretching beyond these tasks to ensure AI's transformative potential unleashes even more potential from team collaboration through Jira.
In this role, you'll get the chance to:

• Regularly tackle the largest and most complex problems on Jira AI that can be solved with AI, from technical design to launch.
• Deliver solutions that are used by other teams and products
• Determine plans of attack on large projects.
• Set the standard for AI development.
• Partner across engineering teams to take on company-wide initiatives spanning multiple projects.
• Mentor other engineers in the group, upskilling them in AI/ML.

Sound like an exciting opportunity? We think so too... In order to set you up for impact on day one, we'll expect you to have this on your first day:

• Bachelors, Masters, or PhD in Computer science in a related technical field or similar experience
• You are not required to know a specific programming language, however expert-level experience with one or more prominent languages such as Java, Python, C#, C/C++, or Ruby is crucial.
• An expert in AI/ML (especially LLMs) with proven experience delivering solutions directly to customers, engaging with user experience and customer feedback.
• You are familiar with several of the following: TensorFlow, PyTorch, sci-kit-learn.
• Passion for collaborating with and mentoring other members of the team
• A real appetite for helping others learn and grow
• Considers the customer impact when making technical decisions

Our perks & benefits
Atlassian offers a variety of perks and benefits to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health coverage, paid volunteer days, wellness resources, and so much more. Visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits to learn more.
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 .