Working at Atlassian

At Atlassian, employees have the flexibility to choose their work environment—whether in an office, from home, or a hybrid of both. This approach empowers Atlassians to better support their families, personal goals, and other priorities. We hire talent in any country where we maintain a legal entity, and our interviews and onboarding processes are conducted virtually, reflecting our commitment as a distributed-first company.

The Atlassian Design System team operates as a Pacific team, with members spread across Australia, New Zealand, and the West Coast of the USA, ensuring effective collaboration.

About the Team

The Atlassian Design System (ADS) team is leading the evolution of our design system, striving to enhance the craft of design both at Atlassian and within the broader design systems industry.

Our team is responsible for steering the direction and implementation of Atlassian's largest brand refresh across our products, benefiting millions of customers worldwide. This initiative encompasses UI Foundations, Components, and Accessibility. We are also pioneers in the tools and engagement strategies that drive high adoption rates among designers and developers, ultimately enhancing their work satisfaction and increasing the quality of customer experiences.

What You’ll Bring:

• Experience: 9+ years in design systems and product design, with extensive experience in enterprise or other complex organizations.

• Expertise in Complex Systems: A technical acumen in design systems, adept at navigating designer and developer workflows, with a passion for systems and architecture.

• Developer Knowledge/Skills: Ability to collaborate effectively with principal and lead engineers to create solutions that enhance quality and productivity.

• User-Centered Design: A strength in creating clarity, guiding stakeholders and leaders, while balancing the needs of makers and customers.

• Strong Communication Skills: Excellent visual and verbal communication abilities to articulate design rationale and foster a culture of continuous feedback from design executives to junior team members.

• Collaboration Skills: Proven experience partnering with other lead and senior designers as you operate in a highly collaborative manner.

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/perksandbenefitsto 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.