Technical Lead, IntelliJ Platform — Remote & Flexible

JetBrains; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work location

Remote work up to 30 days abrd

Medical insurance allowance

Learning and development opportunities

Language classes

Lunch allowance

Mental health support

On-site gym or sports club stipend

Internal events

Job summary

JetBrains is seeking a Technical Lead for the IntelliJ Platform to drive architecture and provide leadership on core subsystem design. You will shape API definition and deliver features for remote development and UI tooling.

You’ll lead critical refactoring efforts across monorepos, ensuring scalable, portable settings and robust platform cohesion. Strong coding and documentation skills are essential for success.

Qualifications

• Experience in platform architecture and systems design.
• Strong understanding of JVM concurrency.
• Knowledge of Kotlin coroutines.
• Strong technical writing and documentation skills.
• Ability to organize and perform large-scale refactoring in monorepos.

Responsibilities

• Drive the plugin development ecosystem (internal and external) for remote development and UI tooling by defining clear, minimal APIs, drafting documentation, and shaping the team's definition of done.
• Re-architect several core subsystems to meet modern needs, including making settings flexible and portable across machines (for remote or dev-provisioned environments).
• Organize and implement processes related to the deprecation cycle for the IntelliJ Platform API.

Skills

Platform architecture

JVM concurrency

Kotlin coroutines

Technical writing

Monorepo refactoring

Architectural foresight

Tools

UI frameworks

Database internals

Job description

JetBrains is seeking a Technical Lead for the IntelliJ Platform to drive architecture and provide leadership on core subsystem design. You will shape API definition and deliver features for remote development and UI tooling.

You’ll lead critical refactoring efforts across monorepos, ensuring scalable, portable settings and robust platform cohesion. Strong coding and documentation skills are essential for success.