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

CLion is a cross-platform IDE for C and C++ that supports GCC, Clang, MSVC, GDB, and LLDB.

We are looking for a Software Engineer to join the CLion team and help improve the embedded development experience in the IDE. You’ll work on debugger support, integrations with debug probes and servers, and RTOS-aware debugging features for embedded targets.

This role combines low-level engineering and product work, from interacting with debuggers and embedded tooling to integrating new capabilities into CLion's UI and workflows.

As part of our team, you will:

• Develop CLion as a product and take part in discussions about new features.
• Improve debugger support for embedded development scenarios.
• Build integrations with debug probes, debug servers, and related tooling.
• Work on RTOS integration and RTOS-aware debugging features.
• Implement features for inspecting threads and tasks, memory, registers, and target states.
• Support remote and cross-platform debugging workflows.
• Collaborate with QA engineers and users to investigate issues and improve the product.

We’ll be happy to have you on our team if you:

• Have 3+ years of commercial development experience in C++, Java, or Kotlin.
• Understand how debuggers work and are interested in systems-level development.
• Have experience with embedded software development and debugging.
• Are familiar with GDB and/or LLDB.
• Understand multithreading and low-level application behavior.
• Are familiar with Unix, macOS, and Windows.
• Understand OOP and know how to design modular, scalable APIs.
• Can write automated tests.
• Can work both independently and as part of a team.

We'll be especially thrilled if you:

• Have experience with RTOSes, embedded targets, and firmware debugging.
• Have worked with debug probes and vendor-specific embedded ecosystems.
• Have experience with CMake, cross-toolchains, and the GNU Toolchain or Clang.
• Have experience using Python.
• Have experience with IntelliJ-based plugin development.
• Have good written English skills.

How we develop CLion

• CLion is based on the IntelliJ Platform, which is also the foundation for other JetBrains products such as IntelliJ IDEA, WebStorm, PhpStorm, RubyMine, and PyCharm.
• The source code is stored in Git repositories, some of which are available on GitHub.
• Most of the source code is written in Java and Kotlin, while some debugger-related components are in C, C++, and Python.
• CLion is a distributed team, and all team members communicate with users, discuss feature requests, take part in troubleshooting, and clarify bug reports.

Benefits:

• 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. (keep if relevant for the role)
• 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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Microsoft estimates there are 7M+ monthly active .NET developers worldwide. Our tools – Rider, ReSharper, and various profilers – reach roughly half of them. These users are experts with strong habits and strong opinions. They know exactly how they want to work – which makes them one of the hardest audiences to design for, and one of the most rewarding. Your craft really matters here.

We’re looking for a product designer to own end-to-end experiences across the .NET ecosystem. You’ll partner with engineers and product managers who treat design as a strategic input, not a final polish step, and you’ll ship work that developers use every single day.

You’ll move across products rather than specializing in one, which means holding complexity in your head and making decisions that work across contexts. You’ll also coordinate with the broader IntelliJ Platform design team – JetBrains builds IDEs across dozens of languages, and ecosystem coherence matters. 

What you’ll work on

The .NET ecosystem includes:

• Rider – a cross-platform .NET IDE competing with Visual Studio.
• ReSharper – the Visual Studio extension that started it all.
• Profilers – performance and memory analysis tools (dotTrace and dotMemory).
• VS Code extensions – lightweight tooling for broader reach.
• Cross-product experiences – onboarding, licensing, AI integration, and discoverability.

You’ll work on whatever needs design attention, which shifts based on priorities. Recent examples include: designing an overlay system that gives ReSharper its own identity inside Visual Studio without adding clutter, integrating AI assistance into GameDev workflows where context matters enormously, and making monitoring tools feel like part of the IDE rather than separate expert software.

Expect variety and sophisticated challenges.

What you’ll do:

• Own the design process from early research through shipped pixels –not just the middle part.
• Work across multiple products while maintaining ecosystem coherence.
• Partner with product managers, engineers, and researchers to shape product direction (you’ll have a seat at the table, not just a chair in the corner).
• Conduct and participate in user research: interviews, usability testing, and design validation.
• Build in Figma – fast, organized, with prototypes that actually communicate intent.
• Navigate complex technical domains and translate them into clear, usable experiences.
• Contribute to design system, and pattern documentation.
• Present and defend your design decisions to stakeholders and leadership.

We’ll be happy to have you on our team if you have:

• Strong product design craft: You can take on a problem from research through to delivering a polished UX, and you sweat the details others miss.
• Figma fluency: You’re fast, your files are organized, and you can build prototypes complex enough to test real interactions.
• Comfort with technical complexity: You’re willing to design for domains you don’t fully understand yet, and you learn quickly.
• Systems thinking: You can hold multiple products in your head and design for ecosystem coherence, not just individual screens.
• Independence: You drive projects forward without waiting for direction.
• Research capability: You can run user interviews, synthesize findings, and turn them into design decisions.
• Basic coding literacy: You don’t need to ship production code, but you’ve written enough to know what a breakpoint is, why a build might fail, and what developers actually experience when they work.
• Clear communication: You can explain your reasoning to engineers, PMs, and leadership – and you can push back when needed.

We’d be especially excited if you also have:

• A developer background or engineering mindset: you understand how software gets built.
• Experience designing developer tools, technical products, or complex professional software.
• Opinions about how IDEs should work, backed by actual usage.

About the team:

You’ll join a small design team (currently 3 people, including the lead) embedded in the .NET ecosystem. We’re building out our practices – prioritization frameworks, intake systems, and research processes – so you’ll shape how we work, not just what we ship.

The broader .NET organization includes product managers, engineers, QA, researchers, marketing managers, and technical writers across multiple products. Design partners with all of them. Here’s the thing: The engineers building these tools are also .NET developers – they’re your users. You’ll sit alongside the people whose workflows you’re designing for. That’s one of the rarest feedback loops in product design, and it changes how you work.

Why this role:

• Your users are experts. Developers are the most demanding audience – and the most rewarding. They’ll notice your craft. And they won’t stay silent when something breaks their flow.
• The problems are genuinely hard. Complex domains, professional users, real constraints – no landing pages.
• You’ll have ownership. Autonomy over your work, input on strategy, and accountability for outcomes.
• You’ll build the practice. We’re growing design’s influence here, and you’ll help define what that looks like.

What’s out of scope

To be clear about what this role isn’t:

• This is not a marketing or brand design role.
• This is not a frontend development position (though these skills would be a plus).
• This is not a role where you’ll execute specs handed down from above.

How to apply:

Send your portfolio, CV, and a brief cover letter explaining why this role interests you. We care about how you think: Your CV tells us where you’ve been, your portfolio and letter will tell us how you approach work. If you don’t check every box above but you’re excited about this opportunity, apply anyway – we’d rather meet you than miss you.

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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