Software Engineer

About the role
Want to build products used by teams around the world, solve real customer problems, and help shape how a leading Jira app evolves?
At ScriptRunner, part of The Adaptavist Group, we’re looking for a Software Engineer to join one of our ScriptRunner for Jira Cloud teams.
This is a great opportunity for an engineer who enjoys building new features, improving existing products, and working through complex technical challenges in a collaborative, agile environment. You’ll help develop and run a product relied on by Jira users globally, while contributing to engineering decisions, team practices, and the overall quality of what we ship.
What you'll be doing
As a Software Engineer in the ScriptRunner for Jira Cloud team, you’ll work across the full product lifecycle, from investigating customer needs through to building, testing, deploying, and running production services.
You’ll be:
Building new features and enhancing existing capabilities in ScriptRunner for Jira Cloud
Investigating customer requirements and finding creative, practical solutions within the constraints of Atlassian Forge
Designing systems and services to support new functionality
Developing SaaS components and implementing business logic
Writing unit, integration, and performance tests to ensure quality and reliability
Creating and maintaining automated build and deployment pipelines
Running, monitoring, and debugging services in production
Setting up effective monitoring, alerting, and observability
Analysing logs and metrics to understand performance, usage patterns, and support issues
Responding to live incidents to help maintain product health
Taking part in support rotations and future on-call responsibilities
What we're looking for
Strong skills in at least one back-end programming language such as Java, Python, or PHP
Strong skills in at least one front-end JavaScript/TypeScript framework such as React, Vue, or Angular
Understanding of high-availability, fault-tolerant, scalable distributed systems
Excellent organisation, prioritisation, and communication skills
Willingness to grow as a full-stack engineer, particularly in Java or React if you’re not already confident in both
A few nice to haves
Experience working with CI/CD
Experience building systems with AWS services
Understanding of serverless and microservices-oriented architecture
Experience developing or consuming extensible REST APIs in Java or JavaScript/TypeScript
A creative, innovative approach to problem-solving
A collaborative mindset and interest in supporting and encouraging teammates

Employment type
Full-time

Work arrangement
Hybrid