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Senior Data Engineer, DX

Atlassian · Salt Lake City, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-08-26

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Working at AtlassianAtlassians 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.DX is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah and is one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies globally. We help engineering leaders build high-performing, productive teams. DX collects millions of data points daily, powering insights into developer productivity and experience at companies like Pinterest, GitHub, BNY, Xero, and many more.Our business has scaled profitably and grown rapidly—tripling annual recurring revenue in the last several years.DX recently closed on its acquisition by Atlassian. By joining Atlassian, we will expand our resources, accelerate growth and R&D, and ultimately deliver greater impact to our customers.What we value at DXCompanies have all kinds of culture slides. At DX, we want to be very clear about what we care about and how we judge performance. For us, it all boils down to individual mastery, becoming the best at your craft. Those who exhibit this quality will thrive here and be unduly rewarded. We can’t control outcomes due to competitors, the economy, decision-makers, etc., but what we can control is doing our jobs at the highest level possibleWhat you’ll doBuild and maintain data pipelines that extract, transform, and load live product data into research-ready formats (Postgres, data lake, or analytics warehouse)Design and optimize data models tailored to the recurring analyses behind our AI Impact Reports, DX Core 4 benchmarks, and industry-facing publicationsCollaborate closely with the research and engineering teams to understand analytical requirements and translate them into scalable, reproducible data infrastructureEnsure data quality and consistency: you care about definitions, edge cases, and making sure the same question gets the same answer every timeSupport ad hoc data pulls for time-sensitive research and cross-functional requests from Sales, Customer Success, and product teamsDocument everything - schemas, transformation logic, data dictionaries, and pipeline dependencies so that analysts and researchers can self-serve confidentlyAt 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.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: $167,400 - $218,550 Zone B: $150,660 - $196,695 Zone C: $138,942 - $181,397What we’re looking forStrong SQL skills: you can write complex queries, optimize performance, and model data for analytical workloadsHands-on experience with Postgres or similar relational databases, including working with semi-structured data (JSONB, nested fields)Experience building and maintaining ETL/ELT pipelines that move data from production systems into analytics-ready formatsComfort working with large, messy, real-world datasets: you know how to clean, normalize, and validate data at scaleStrong documentation habits: you write clear schema docs, data dictionaries, and pipeline runbooks without being askedSelf-motivated and reliable: you can manage recurring deadlines (e.g., quarterly reporting cycles) with minimal oversightNice to have:Experience working with SaaS product data, telemetry, or event-driven dataFamiliarity with developer tooling data: Git/GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket activity, CI/CD pipeline metrics, Jira issue dataExposure to survey data, time-series analysis, or benchmarking methodologiesWhy this roleHigh visibility: The data you shape will underpin reports cited by engineering leaders at the world's largest software organizationsHigh ownership: You'll own the full data pipeline from raw product data to research-ready datasets. Meaningful domain: You'll work at the intersection of developer experience, AI measurement, and engineering productivity, a space that's defining how the industry thinks about software developmentResearch-backed environment: Our team includes the researchers behind the DORA, SPACE, and DevEx frameworks. You'll be building the data infrastructure that makes their work possibleBenefits & PerksAtlassian 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 AtlassianAt 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 li