Software Engineer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 11, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 11, 2026.
ScriptRunner, part of The Adaptavist Group, is the market leader in automation and customisation for Atlassian tools like Jira, Confluence, and beyond. We push the boundaries of what's possible-helping teams around the world unlock unlimited possibilities for automation, customisation and integration with our must-have suite of super-apps.
Our mission is simple: automate boring, time-consuming or critical tasks to optimise day-to-day running and ensure that everyone sleeps easy.
Come join us and be part of the fun-there's never been a better time to make your mark.
What we offer you
We offer a very generous holiday (PTO) allowance, trusting you to take vacation time that suits your personal life, alongside flexible working hours that empower you to work when it best fits you and your team. We provide MacBooks to all employees and additional support for fully remote workers to set up their home offices.
Our exceptional Time Away Policy includes 26 weeks of fully paid leave for birthing parents, 13 weeks for non-birthing parents, and extended leave for adoption, IVF, surrogacy, elective egg freezing, and women's health needs such as menopause, menstruation, endometriosis, and PCOS.
Our trusting, flexible, remote-first way of working means that work can fit around your life, rather than your life fitting around work.
Read our full list of benefits
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
Not ticking every box? That’s totally okay! Studies show that women and people of colour might hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At ScriptRunner, part of TAG, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming team. If you’re passionate about this role and keen to learn and grow with us, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t have everything that's listed just yet.
Drop us your application, we’d love to hear from you!
What to expect
We have published some support on Interviewing with us to try to alleviate any pre-interview anxieties, here you’ll find information to help you prepare and ace an interview at TAG.
Life at The Adaptavist Group
From our family-friendly policies to our flexible work environment we offer a range of benefits and policies in order to support staff from all different backgrounds. If you have any questions, please do ask us.
We look forward to your application!
Equal opportunities for everyone
At The Adaptavist Group, we are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community and believe this positively impacts both the creation of our innovative products and our delivery of bespoke solutions to our global customers and our own unique culture. We encourage all qualified applicants, regardless of age, disability, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, sex, gender identity, pregnancy and maternity, marriage, and civil partnership status.
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