Atlassian

Technology / Enterprise Software

Founded in 2002 by Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar in Sydney, Australia, Atlassian develops productivity and collaboration software for software developers, project managers, and content creators.

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Quick Facts

Founded: 2002
Founders: Mike Cannon-Brookes & Scott Farquhar
Headquarters: Sydney, Australia & San Francisco, California
Industry: Enterprise Software

About Atlassian

Atlassian was founded in 2002 by university friends Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar in Sydney, Australia, initially funded with a $10,000 credit card debt. Their first product, Jira, launched in 2002 as a bug and issue tracker for software developers. The company adopted an unconventional sales model that relied entirely on online, self-service sales rather than a traditional enterprise sales force.

Atlassian listed on NASDAQ in 2015. It has grown into a multi-product platform serving teams beyond software development, acquiring companies like Trello (2017) and Opsgenie (2018). In 2020, Atlassian announced a remote-first work policy ('Team Anywhere') and began a massive transition to discontinue its server products in favour of the cloud.

What Atlassian Does

Software Development & IT

Jira Software for agile project management, Jira Service Management, and Bitbucket for code collaboration.

Work Management

Confluence for team workspace and documentation, and Trello for visual project management.

Incident Management

Opsgenie and Statuspage for incident alerting and communication.

Career Areas

Types of professional roles found inside Atlassian.

Software Engineering
Product Management
Design (UX/UI)
Data Engineering & Analytics
Marketing
Customer Success
Sales
Human Resources

Atlassian's History

2002
Founded in Sydney
Atlassian founded by Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar; Jira is launched.
2004
Confluence launched
Confluence launched as a team collaboration and wiki platform.
2015
IPO on NASDAQ
Atlassian lists on NASDAQ.
2017
Trello acquired
Atlassian acquires visual project management tool Trello for $425 million.
2020
Team Anywhere policy
Atlassian introduces 'Team Anywhere', allowing employees to work remotely permanently.

Purpose & Values

“To help unleash the potential of every team”

Atlassian believes that behind every great human achievement, there is a team. Its products are designed to break down silos, organise work, and facilitate collaboration.

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