Let's start with the role

As a Principal Backend Engineer, you will play a critical role in designing and implementing cutting-edge, scalable, and high-performance backend systems. We're looking for a tech expert who thrives on technical leadership and can mentor engineers of all levels. In this role, you'll be the driving force behind robust and efficient software solutions, collaborating seamlessly with cross-functional teams.

• Architect & Innovate: Collaborate with our agile team to architect scalable, secure, and high-performance backend systems that power our cutting-edge solutions.
• Craft High-Performance Code: Develop clean and efficient code that drives the heart of our technology stack.
• Mentorship: Inspire and mentor fellow engineers, fostering skill growth and best practices.
• Optimize Performance: Lead efforts to identify and enhance system performance for seamless user experiences.
• Seamless Integration: Work closely with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to ensure smooth system integration.
• Stay Ahead: Keep up with emerging technologies and apply them to enhance our capabilities.
• Establish Company Best Practices: Work closely with Platform Engineering to define company-wide best practices and lay foundations for new software development.
• Strategic Technical Roadmap: Contribute to shaping the company-wide technical roadmap, maintaining focus beyond short-term product demands

What you’ll bring: 

• Extensive experience working with backend technologies and willingness to adapt to new tools and ecosystems
• Strong professional background across multiple programming languages, paradigms, and distributed system design
• Experience with event-driven architectures and message brokers
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and containerization
• Ability to work autonomously on complex tasks, considering performance, security, observability, and code quality
• Enthusiasm for monitoring and troubleshooting production systems and making data-driven decisions
• Strong communication and collaboration skills suited to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles and backend system design

At JetBrains, code is our passion. Ever since we started, back in 2000, we have strived to make the strongest, most effective developer tools on earth. By automating routine checks and corrections, our tools speed up production, freeing developers to grow, discover, and create.

About the Initiative

JetBrains is evolving beyond standalone developer tools toward a unified, AI-native platform for software development.

AI is no longer just an assistant inside the editor –  it is becoming an active participant in how software is planned, built, reviewed, and operated across teams and organizations. This shift introduces new challenges that cannot be solved at the level of individual tools alone: governance, security, cost control, observability, and coordinated work between humans and autonomous agents.

Our goal is to build a platform that enables companies to adopt AI in software development in a structured, scalable, and economically efficient manner – without locking them into closed ecosystems.

We are building the foundation that connects developer workflows, team-level collaboration, and organizational control into a single coherent system.

This platform will serve as the execution and governance layer for AI-driven development, deeply integrated with developer tools but designed to work across teams, products, and environments.

This is a long-term strategic investment for JetBrains and a key pillar of our vision for the future of software development.

The role

We are looking for a Principal Engineer (JetBrains Cloud Platform, Developer Experience) to drive large-scale improvements to the development experience across the JCP.

This role focuses on making JCP engineers faster and more productive by improving build systems, CI/CD pipelines, local development workflows, tooling infrastructure, and AI pipelines. You will own the developer experience end to end – from how engineers develop, build, and test locally to how code moves through CI and reaches production. As this is a rapidly growing platform, many workflows and processes are still maturing. You will define what a great development experience looks like and drive the organization toward it.

As part of the team, you will:

- Own and drive the strategy for developer experience improvements across the entire JCP platform.

- Optimize build systems (Gradle, Nx, and others) for faster builds, better caching, and reliable reproducibility at scale.

- Set up AI development pipelines, managing context, agents, and handoffs, and leveraging tools developed within the JCP.

- Improve CI/CD pipelines – reduce build times, increase reliability, optimize resource usage, and shorten feedback loops across TeamCity and GitHub.

- Improve containerized development workflows (Docker, Dev Containers) to ensure fast and consistent local environments.

- Identify and eliminate bottlenecks in the development cycle – from code commit to production deployment.

- Establish best practices, tooling standards, and shared infrastructure that enable all teams to move faster.

- Collaborate with platform and product teams to understand pain points and deliver high-impact improvements.

We are looking for someone who:

- Has extensive experience with build systems (Gradle, Maven, or Bazel) and a track record of optimizing them at scale.

- Has strong expertise in CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Jenkins, or similar) and knows how to ensure high performance and reliability.

- Has hands-on experience with Docker and containerized development workflows.

- Understands the full software development life cycle and can reason about developer productivity holistically.

- Is able to drive cross-team initiatives and influence engineering practices across a large organization.

- Is motivated by making other engineers more productive and removing friction from their daily work.

We'd be particularly thrilled if you:

- Have experience improving the developer experience at scale in a platform or infrastructure organization.

- Have worked on AI-driven development pipelines.

- Have expertise in build caching, remote execution, and incremental build strategies.

- Have contributed to or maintained open-source build tooling or CI/CD infrastructure.

- Enjoy digging into performance problems and turning slow, flaky processes into fast, reliable ones.

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At JetBrains, we’re building an AI-native platform for software development that connects developer workflows, team-level collaboration, and organizational control into a single coherent system. This platform will serve as the execution and governance layer for AI-driven development, deeply integrated with developer tools but designed to work across teams, products, and environments. This is a long-term strategic investment for JetBrains and a key pillar of our vision for the future of software development.

The role

We are looking for a Software Architect (Product Architecture) to drive architecture within a specific product area.

This role focuses on owning end-to-end architecture for a product domain: making sure product requirements translate into a coherent technical design, that the domain evolves sustainably, and that the product aligns with platform capabilities and constraints. You’ll be the architectural “center of gravity” for a domain, partnering closely with engineers and product stakeholders while collaborating with platform architects on shared foundations and integration contracts.

As this is a new platform, many standards and processes are still works in progress – you will help define them from the perspective of real product needs and delivery constraints.

As part of the team, you will:

• Own the architecture of a specific product domain within JetBrains Cloud Platform and evolve it over time.
• Translate product and domain requirements into clear architectural designs and implementation approaches.
• Define service boundaries, domain models, data flows, and integration contracts, in line with platform standards.
• Drive key architectural decisions and trade-offs in your area (e.g., API design, persistence, reliability, performance, and migration paths).
• Ensure your domain architecture supports scalability, reliability, and observability from the outset.
• Review and validate architectural designs within your domain and team, raising quality and consistency.
• Collaborate with platform architects and other domain owners to align on cross-cutting decisions and shared interfaces.
• Work closely with senior and staff engineers to clarify requirements, reduce ambiguity, and support execution.
  
  

We are looking for someone who:

• Has strong experience in software engineering and system design, with a track record of working on complex systems.
• Has experience owning architecture within a product or domain, including balancing delivery needs with long-term sustainability.
• Is comfortable aligning product needs with platform capabilities and constraints (and negotiating trade-offs when needed).
• Can facilitate architectural decision-making inside a team and across partner teams.
• Is comfortable working in an environment where many processes and standards are still being formed.
• Is motivated by long-term goals, designing for evolution rather than one-off implementations.
  
  

We’d be particularly thrilled if you:

• Have experience designing product architectures that operate in cloud environments and integrate with multiple systems.
• Are strong at reasoning about architectural trade-offs in context (time-to-market vs correctness, flexibility vs complexity, etc.).
• Enjoy helping teams converge on good solutions through collaboration, not enforcement.

Why join JetBrains?

• Strong base salary. We offer competitive pay that reflects your skills and experience.
• Flexible work location. Enjoy the freedom to work from home or from the office.
• Remote work. Spend up to 30 days per year working remotely from abroad.
• Extra time off. More days to relax, recharge, and do the things you love.
• Medical insurance allowance. Enjoy peace of mind for you and your family.
• Learning and development opportunities. Access to conferences, courses, and language classes.
• Relocation support. We help make your move as smooth and stress-free as possible.
• Language classes. Pick up the local language or sharpen your English skills.
• Fuel your day. Enjoy a hot meal or receive a lunch allowance on workdays.
• Mental health support. To help you feel your best, we provide easy access to professional mental health services.
• Sports benefit. Enjoy an on-site gym or sports club stipend.
• Internal events. Join company-wide celebrations and team gatherings.

*Some benefits may vary depending on location.

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#LI-DNI

At JetBrains, we’re building an AI-native platform for software development that connects developer workflows, team-level collaboration, and organizational control into a single coherent system. This platform will serve as the execution and governance layer for AI-driven development, deeply integrated with developer tools but designed to work across teams, products, and environments. This is a long-term strategic investment for JetBrains and a key pillar of our vision for the future of software development.

The role

We are looking for a Software Architect (Platform Architecture) to shape the core technical foundations of JetBrains Cloud Platform from the ground up.

This role focuses on the architecture of shared platform capabilities: cross-product services, infrastructure abstractions, integration standards, scalability and reliability principles, and operational foundations (such as security, governance, observability, and cost controls). As this is a new platform, many standards and processes are still works in progress – you will actively influence what good quality looks like and help teams build toward it.

As part of the team, you will:

• Design and evolve the architecture of a cross-product platform that serves as the foundation for AI-driven software development.
• Define architectural principles, standards, and guidelines for platform services and shared foundations.
• Design integration patterns and interfaces between platform services, developer tools, and external systems.
• Ensure architectural decisions support scalability, reliability, security, and observability from the outset.
• Own and drive key platform-level architectural decisions and trade-offs (e.g., service boundaries, data flows, identity, policy, and tenancy).
• Review and validate architectural designs across teams to ensure consistency and long-term sustainability.
• Collaborate with other architects and platform specialists to align on shared decisions and evolve the platform architecture over time.
• Work closely with senior and staff engineers to translate platform requirements into coherent technical designs and implementation plans.
  
  

We are looking for someone who:

• Has strong experience in software engineering and system design, especially in complex, distributed systems.
• Has experience defining or significantly shaping the architecture of new platforms or large-scale systems.
• Is able to facilitate and align architectural decisions across multiple teams, balancing different perspectives and constraints.
• Is comfortable working in an environment where many processes and standards are still not fully established.
• Is motivated by long-term goals and prefers building foundations over delivering short-term features.
  
  

We’d be particularly thrilled if you:

• Have hands-on experience designing or evolving platforms based on Kubernetes and cloud environments such as AWS.
• Have experience with networking, compute, and storage infrastructure and can reason across application and infrastructure layers.
• Enjoy helping teams converge on good solutions rather than enforcing a single “correct” approach.

Why join JetBrains?

• Strong base salary. We offer competitive pay that reflects your skills and experience.
• Flexible work location. Enjoy the freedom to work from home or from the office.
• Remote work. Spend up to 30 days per year working remotely from abroad.
• Extra time off. More days to relax, recharge, and do the things you love.
• Medical insurance allowance. Enjoy peace of mind for you and your family.
• Learning and development opportunities. Access to conferences, courses, and language classes.
• Relocation support. We help make your move as smooth and stress-free as possible.
• Language classes. Pick up the local language or sharpen your English skills.
• Fuel your day. Enjoy a hot meal or receive a lunch allowance on workdays.
• Mental health support. To help you feel your best, we provide easy access to professional mental health services.
• Sports benefit. Enjoy an on-site gym or sports club stipend.
• Internal events. Join company-wide celebrations and team gatherings.

*Some benefits may vary depending on location.

#LI-DNI

#LI-DNI

At JetBrains, code is our passion. Ever since we started, back in 2000, we have strived to make the strongest, most effective developer tools on earth. By automating routine checks and corrections, our tools speed up production, freeing developers to grow, discover, and create.

We just unveiled JetBrains Central,  a platform for agent-driven software development that connects tools, agents, and infrastructure. It enables automated AI workflows to run, be monitored, and be managed across teams – with clear visibility into results, costs, and performance.

JetBrains Central provides three core capabilities:
Governance and control: Policy enforcement, identity and access management, observability, auditability, and cost attribution for agent-driven work. Some of these functionalities are already available via the JetBrains Central Console.
Agent execution infrastructure: Cloud agent runtimes and computation provisioning that allow agents to run reliably across development environments.
Agent optimization and context: Shared semantic context across repositories and projects, enabling agents to access relevant knowledge, and task routing to the most appropriate models or tools.

Inside the Professional Services department, we are building a team of Forward Deployed Engineers to help our customers adopt AI-native development with JetBrains Central and enable JetBrains consulting partners to transform their customers’ AI-native software development lifecycle.

About the role

As a Principal Forward Deployed Engineer, you will work directly with early adopter customers to deploy JetBrains Central platform into complex enterprise environments and help them move from experimental AI usage to governed, scalable AI-native development.

You will act as a trusted advisor to customer engineering teams and consulting partners, while also mentoring other Forward Deployed Engineers and helping with complex deployments. In this role, you will help establish best practices for enterprise AI adoption and influence how organizations implement AI-driven software development.

This role is often a strong fit for engineers who have previously served as Principal or Staff Engineers, Heads of Engineering, CTOs, or Solutions Architects and who enjoy working directly with customers while staying deeply involved with complex technical systems.

This role combines consulting, architecture, and hands-on engineering. Your work in the field will directly influence how our platform evolves and how enterprises adopt AI-driven development.

You will work directly with the world’s most innovative companies — our client base includes 420 of the Fortune 500 — ensuring they maximize the value of their JetBrains investments.

What you’ll do

• Deploy JetBrains Central platform into enterprise development environments, CI/CD systems, and internal developer platforms.
• Help organizations transition from ad-hoc AI experimentation to governed AI-native development workflows.
• Implement enterprise AI governance, including security policies, access management, and data privacy controls.
• Enable observability for AI-driven development to help organizations understand their AI usage and its impact on productivity, as well as their code-generation patterns.
• Design sustainable AI adoption strategies, including usage controls and cost visibility across multiple model providers.
• Integrate our cloud-based agent execution layer, allowing AI agents to run securely and at scale.
• Collaborate closely with JetBrains product teams to shape the platform based on real-world deployments and customer feedback.
• Create delivery frameworks and train JetBrains partners to deliver the desired scope of service.
• Mentor and support other Forward Deployed Engineers, sharing architectural expertise and helping to scale the team’s deployment practices.

You will thrive in this role if you are

• A consultant at heart who can communicate effectively with both engineers and technical leadership.
• Able to see the whole picture of the software development lifecycle across developer tools, infrastructure, APIs, and cloud systems.
• Experienced at integrating complex software systems into enterprise environments.
• Curious about the future of AI agents and AI-native software development.
• Comfortable working with early adopters and overcoming ambiguous technical challenges.
• Motivated to mentor other engineers and contribute to building a new technical discipline.

What you will bring

• Experience in software-related projects, ideally in a customer-facing or consulting environment.
• Familiarity with Java or Python.
• Experience building or integrating developer platforms, infrastructure systems, or software solutions.
• Familiarity with modern development workflows (CI/CD, developer environments, internal developer platforms, etc.).
• Experience working directly with customers or technical stakeholders.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to operate in fast-evolving technical environments.
• Ability and desire to travel to meet customers.

These would be a plus, but are not blockers

• Experience with industry-specific solutions (fintech, telco, retail, etc.)
• Experience with AI/LLM platforms, agent frameworks, or AI-assisted development tools.
  Experience in solutions engineering, consulting, or forward-deployed engineering roles.
• Familiarity with the JetBrains ecosystem or developer productivity tooling.

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