At JetBrains, we’re building an AI-native platform for software development that connects developer workflows, team-level collaboration, and organizational control into a single coherent system. This platform will serve as the execution and governance layer for AI-driven development, deeply integrated with developer tools but designed to work across teams, products, and environments. This is a long-term strategic investment for JetBrains and a key pillar of our vision for the future of software development.
The role
We are looking for a Software Architect (Platform Architecture) to shape the core technical foundations of JetBrains Cloud Platform from the ground up.
This role focuses on the architecture of shared platform capabilities: cross-product services, infrastructure abstractions, integration standards, scalability and reliability principles, and operational foundations (security, governance, observability, cost controls). As this is a new platform, many standards and processes are still being formed — you will actively influence what “good” looks like and help teams build toward it.
As part of the team, you will:
- Design and evolve the architecture of a cross-product platform that serves as the foundation for AI-driven software development.
- Define architectural principles, standards, and guidelines for platform services and shared foundations.
- Design integration patterns and interfaces between platform services, developer tools, and external systems.
- Ensure architectural decisions support scalability, reliability, security, and observability from the outset.
- Own and drive key platform-level architectural decisions and trade-offs (e.g., service boundaries, data flows, identity, policy, tenancy).
- Review and validate architectural designs across teams to ensure consistency and long-term sustainability.
- Collaborate with other architects and platform specialists to align on shared decisions and evolve the platform architecture over time.
- Work closely with senior and staff engineers to translate platform requirements into coherent technical designs and implementation plans.
We are looking for someone who:
- Has strong experience in software engineering and system design, especially in complex, distributed systems.
- Has experience defining or significantly shaping the architecture of new platforms or large-scale systems.
- Is able to facilitate and align architectural decisions across multiple teams, balancing different perspectives and constraints.
- Is comfortable working in an environment where many processes and standards are still being formed.
- Thinks in long-term horizons and is motivated by building foundations rather than delivering short-term features.
We’d be particularly thrilled if you:
- Have hands-on experience designing or evolving platforms based on Kubernetes and cloud environments such as AWS.
- Have experience with networking, compute, and storage infrastructure and can reason across application and infrastructure layers.
- Enjoy helping teams converge on good solutions rather than enforcing a single “correct” approach.