Staff Software Developer (IntelliJ Platform)

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Role

In this role, you will:

• Drive the plugin development ecosystem (internal and external) for both 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 by 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.

Requirements

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

• Extensive experience in platform architecture and systems design
• A strong understanding of JVM concurrency
• Knowledge of Kotlin coroutines
• Strong technical writing and documentation skills
• Critical thinking and architectural foresight
• The ability to organize and perform large-scale refactoring in monorepos

We’d be especially thrilled if you have:

• Experience building developer tools
• Experience with different UI frameworks
• Knowledge of database internals
• Experience working with network applications