Uber—Senior Applications Developer - Atlassian Cloud

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Description: About the Role We are seeking a Senior Applications Developer to lead the design and development of advanced applications within the Atlassian Cloud ecosystem, with a focus on Jira and Confluence. In this role, you will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for building secure, scalable, and high-performance applications that solve complex work-management challenges at enterprise scale. You will bring deep expertise in Atlassian Forge and the broader Atlassian platform, contribute to architectural strategy, and act as a mentor and force multiplier for the engineering team. This role spans hands-on development, technical leadership, and close collaboration with product and design partners. --- What the Candidate Will Do ---- - Architect and build applications: Design and implement robust, scalable, and secure Atlassian Cloud applications using Forge, including serverless functions, UI Kit and Custom UI, and Forge storage APIs. - Provide technical leadership: Serve as a subject-matter expert on Atlassian Cloud and Forge best practices, influencing architecture, security, performance, and data residency decisions. - Develop AI and Rovo-based solutions: Lead the development of applications that leverage AI, GenAI, and Atlassian Rovo Agents to automate workflows, connect systems, and create intelligent, action-oriented experiences within Atlassian products. - Mentor and coach engineers: Conduct code reviews, provide technical guidance, and help grow the team’s expertise in Forge and Atlassian app development. - Ensure performance and reliability: Optimize applications for scalability and performance, implement observability and monitoring, and troubleshoot production issues. - Integrate APIs: Build deep integrations using Atlassian REST and GraphQL APIs, as well as third-party APIs, to deliver seamless user experiences and automations. - Own security and compliance: Enforce security best practices and ensure applications meet Atlassian security requirements and applicable data privacy standards. - Manage the full lifecycle: Drive applications from ideation and prototyping through deployment, maintenance, and distribution on the Atlassian Marketplace. - Collaborate cross-functionally: Partner with product managers, designers, and other engineers to translate business requirements into high-quality, maintainable technical solutions. ---- Basic Qualifications ---- - 10+ years of professional software development experience, including significant work on the Atlassian platform. - Proven experience designing and building complex applications using Atlassian Forge. - Strong knowledge of Jira, Confluence, and Atlassian REST and GraphQL APIs. - Expertise in Node.js, JavaScript/TypeScript, and modern front-end frameworks such as React. - Solid understanding of cloud-native and serverless architectures, including event-driven systems. - Experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and production support for cloud applications. - Demonstrated ability to design scalable, maintainable, and secure software systems. - Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences. - Demonstrated experience using AI-powered developer tools as part of a daily engineering workflow (e.g., AI-assisted coding, debugging, test generation, documentation, or architectural reasoning), with the ability to clearly articulate how these tools improve productivity, quality, and delivery speed. ---- Preferred Qualifications ---- - Experience building or extending Marketplace apps such as ScriptRunner, Structure, or similar extensible platforms. - Hands-on experience with AI/GenAI systems, prompt engineering, or agent-based architectures. - Familiarity with Atlassian Rovo Agents or comparable workflow automation and agent frameworks. - Experience operating applications at enterprise scale with strict performance, security, and compliance requirements. - Prior experience mentoring senior and mid-level engineers or leading technical initiatives across teams. ~~ ~~