{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"b9686b1ba06591f171d6712d","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b9686b1ba06591f171d6712d","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/b9686b1ba06591f171d6712d","title":"Lead Design Technologist","description":"Overview\nWorking at Atlassian\n\nAtlassians 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. This role has a preference you be located in the San Francisco Bay Area or US West Coast, but we can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity.\n\nAbout the Role\nAs a Lead Design Technologist, you lead projects and make decisions that impact multiple departments. You are responsible for delivering high-quality, scalable design technology solutions that enable all product builders across Atlassian, enabling PM/Eng/Design peers, and driving innovation in prototyping, motion, and AI-led design workflows.\n\nYou’ll join the Design Technology team within the Core Design org reporting to the Senior Manager for Design Technology. Design Technologists are a multidisciplinary group building the foundational tools, components, and AI-native product builder workflows that power the user experience across all Atlassian apps. Members of our team come from diverse backgrounds including design, engineering, and product with a focus on both the product builder and user experience.\n\nThe team partners closely with product, engineering, and accessibility experts to create scalable, inclusive, and coherent design solutions at enterprise scale. You’ll shape the future of Atlassian’s product building culture, champion best practices, and accelerate innovation through AI tooling and AI-toolchain workflow improvements for all of Atlassian Design.\n\nResponsibilities\n\nDeliver high-quality design technology solutions across multiple workstreams or domains.\n\nChampion rapid prototyping, user testing, and cross-functional collaboration.\n\nMentor and guide less experienced designers and technologists.\n\nIdentify and implement opportunities to enhance design workflows through custom tooling and automation.\n\nSolve complex design technology issues, optimizing processes and leveraging AI/LLMs.\n\nDemonstrate advanced skills in JS frameworks, prototyping, and motion design.\n\nLead the co-creation of sense-making artifacts (blueprints, models) to communicate design concepts.\n\nDrive adoption of best practices in design technology and contribute to continuous improvement.\n\nCompensation\nAt 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.\n\nPlease 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.\n\nThis role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.\n\nPay Ranges\nIn The United States , we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:\n\nZone A : $192,600 - $251,450\n\nZone B : $173,340 - $226,305\n\nZone C : $159,858 – $208,704\n\nQualifications\n\n7+ years experience leading a high-performing design or design technology craft domain\n\nExperience building interactive and rich media experiences that showcase motion, interaction design, and high visual craft\n\nFluent with the latest AI product building workflows and fundamentals (agentic loops, generative UI/UX, evals, and context engineering best practices)\n\nStrong skills in front-end engineering concepts, prototyping, AI tools, as well as integrations with visual design tools such as Figma.\n\nExperience mentoring and coaching others.\n\nAbility to communicate complex concepts clearly to a wide audience.\n\nAbility to drive cross-functional projects and influence stakeholders.\n\nFamiliarity with AI/ML, motion, and accessibility in design.\n\nBenefits & Perks\n\nAtlassian 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 . .\n\nAbout Atlassian\n\nAt 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.\n\nWe 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. 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Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits . .\n\nAbout Atlassian\n\nAt 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.\n\nWe 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. 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