AI Technical Lead - Developer Tooling at JetBrains

Department: C/C++ Ecosystem

Language

Setup: Remote - Armenia
Location: Amsterdam, North Holland · Belgrade, Central Serbia · +9
Level: staff+
Posted: Jun 17, 2026

Description

JetBrains is hiring a senior technical leader to shape AI-native development experiences for C++ developers. The role focuses on hands-on engineering rather than people management, with responsibilities including designing AI integrations and agent tools, building evaluation frameworks, prototyping workflows for debugging, code understanding, refactoring, and navigation, and defining technical roadmaps for CLion and C++ development. The position requires significant senior software engineering experience, familiarity with JVM technologies, and experience with AI-powered developer tools or coding agents.

Required Skills

Kotlin
Java
JVM technologies
AI products
Coding assistants
LLM workflows
Tool calling
Context management
MCP
Evaluation techniques
Software architecture
Technical direction

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: Significant software engineering experience as a Staff Engineer, Principal Engineer, Technical Lead, or similar senior technical role
Strong experience with Kotlin, Java, or other JVM technologies, or the ability to quickly become productive in a JVM-based codebase
Experience building AI-powered products, developer tools, coding assistants, agents, or LLM-based workflows
Strong understanding of modern coding agents, including tool calling, context management, MCP, and evaluation techniques
Track record of driving technical direction in ambiguous and rapidly evolving areas
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with C++ development workflows, compilers, debuggers, language tooling, or developer productivity products
Experience with IDE internals, language servers, code analysis, refactoring systems, or static analysis
Experience leading small teams or acting as a technical lead
Experience working on AI-native developer products
Translation Company Name: JetBrains

About JetBrains

JetBrains

software vendor

JetBrains is a cutting-edge software vendor specializing in the creation of intelligent development tools, including IntelliJ IDEA – the leading Java IDE, and the Kotlin programming language.