Team Lead Kotlin Infrastructure

JetBrains; Berlin; Ibrido; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Flexible schedule

Relocation support

Free meals and snacks

Learning and development opportunities

Health and wellness

Descrizione del lavoro

JetBrains in Berlin seeks an engineering leader to shape Kotlin infrastructure as a core product, guiding long-term platform strategy and removing friction for hundreds of developers.

As Team Lead, you will partner with a Technical Lead to scale impact, drive execution across initiatives, and mentor a team of skilled engineers, fostering a culture of quality and collaboration.

This role offers flexible work options and a strong focus on developer productivity.

Competenze

• Experience leading engineering teams or large technical initiatives.
• Strong communication skills and ability to align multiple stakeholders.
• Experience with developer infrastructure, build systems, CI/CD.
• Ability to evaluate proposals and drive pragmatic decisions.
• Commitment to quality and platform stability.
• Passion for improving developer productivity through tooling.

Mansioni

• Define long-term evolution of Kotlin infrastructure with the Technical Lead.
• Own planning and prioritization across infrastructure initiatives.
• Drive initiatives that improve development productivity and the developer experience.
• Coach engineers, provide feedback, and participate in hiring.
• Collaborate across teams to evolve the Kotlin infrastructure and platforms.
• Guide build architecture, CI/CD systems, and internal tooling.

Conoscenze

Engineering leadership

Strategic planning

Cross-team collaboration

Architectural decision-making

People management

Strumenti

TeamCity

Gradle

Kotlin build scripts

Kotlin/JVM ecosystem

Internal developer platforms

Descrizione del lavoro

Are you an engineering leader who views developer infrastructure not as a collection of scripts, but as a core product that enables engineering craft at scale? Do you want to help shape long-term platform strategy and remove friction for hundreds of developers? Then you may be the person we're looking for to lead the Kotlin Infrastructure team at JetBrains.

About JetBrains

We create intelligent software development tools for developers and teams. More than 15 million users, over 300,000 companies, and 88 of the Fortune Global Top 100 rely on our products to solve real, complex problems. Our mission is simple: make development teams more productive and AI adoptable at scale.

What You’ll Do

The Kotlin Infrastructure team enables development across the Kotlin repository by building and evolving the engineering infrastructure behind Kotlin development. The team is responsible for developer experience, build infrastructure, CI/CD, release infrastructure, internal tooling, and engineering processes that help Kotlin teams create, test, and deliver software efficiently.

We're looking for a Team Lead who will help the team scale its impact across the Kotlin organization and the broader JetBrains engineering ecosystem. You'll work alongside an experienced Technical Lead and a team of highly skilled engineers. While the Technical Lead drives architecture and technical implementation, you'll shape infrastructure strategy, drive execution across multiple initiatives, and help Kotlin infrastructure evolve as an engineering platform.

Day To Day, You Will

Engineering leadership

• Define and drive the long-term evolution of Kotlin infrastructure together with the Technical Lead.
• Own planning and prioritization across infrastructure initiatives, balancing immediate needs with long-term investments.
• Drive initiatives that improve development productivity and the developer experience across the Kotlin engineering ecosystem.
• Support engineers through coaching, feedback, and hiring.
• Participate in cross-team collaboration to evolve the Kotlin infrastructure and engineering platforms.

Infrastructure platform

• Guide the evolution of infrastructure supporting Kotlin development, including:
  • Developer experience across local development, code review, CI, and merge workflows.
  • Kotlin build architecture and build performance.
  • CI/CD systems, release infrastructure, artifact publication, and engineering workflows.
  • Internal tooling, engineering automation, and development infrastructure management.
  • Secure engineering infrastructure, including dependency management, reproducible builds, secrets, access management, build agents, and development environments.

What You’ll Bring

• An engineering mindset that values systemic efficiency and developer empathy over rigid processes.
• The autonomy to make decisions close to the problem and accountability for the team’s choices.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to navigate architectural debates and align diverse engineering stakeholders.
• A commitment to quality and refusal to cut corners on platform stability for short-term fixes.
• The resilience to guide teams through open-ended, complex scaling challenges.

What You’ll Need

• Experience leading engineering teams or large technical initiatives.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to align multiple stakeholders.
• Experience with developer infrastructure, build systems, CI/CD, or internal engineering platforms.
• Understanding of software build systems and engineering workflows at scale.
• Ability to evaluate technical proposals, facilitate architectural discussions, and help teams converge on pragmatic decisions.
• A passion for improving developer productivity through tooling, automation, and platform development.
• Experience with the following technologies would be nice to have:
• TeamCity.
• Gradle and Kotlin build scripts.
• Kotlin or the JVM ecosystem.
• Large monorepositories.
• Internal developer platforms or developer experience tooling.

Why join JetBrains?

• Strong base salary – We offer competitive pay that reflects your skills and experience.
• Flexible work schedule – Enjoy the freedom to work from home or from the office.
• Extra time off – More days to relax, recharge, and do the things you love.
• Learning and development opportunities – Access to conferences, courses, and language classes.
• Relocation support – Assistance to help make your move as smooth and stress-free as possible.
• Free meals and snacks – Lunch and refreshments provided to keep you fueled.
• Health and wellness – On-site gyms or sports club stipends.
• Internal events – Company-wide celebrations and team gatherings.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We know great ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. That's why we do our best to create an open and inclusive workplace – one that welcomes everyone regardless of their background, identity, religion, age, accessibility needs, or orientation.

If this approach to engineering leadership matches your style, we would love to receive your application.

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