Senior Technical Product Manager – IntelliJ, Kotlin Plugin

🕒 May 12

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JetBrains

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2000

🤝 B2B

☁️ SaaS

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

B2B • SaaS • Artificial Intelligence

JetBrains is a software company that builds professional developer tools and integrated development environments (IDEs) — including IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, Rider, and others — plus team and CI/CD tools like TeamCity, YouTrack, Datalore, and code-quality services. The company also offers AI-powered developer features (Junie, AI Assistant, AI Enterprise), a marketplace for plugins, educational offerings (JetBrains Academy, courses, free licenses for students/teachers), and enterprise services for managing developer tooling at scale. JetBrains focuses on improving developer productivity, collaboration, and code quality for individual developers and organizations worldwide.

📋 Description

• Own the product vision for the Kotlin plugin: fast, correct, and trustworthy IDE support that evolves with the language. • Use IntelliJ IDEA with the Kotlin plugin daily — dogfooding features, catching regressions, and validating the developer experience first-hand. • Maintain and develop reference Kotlin projects that serve as showcases for new features, material for conference demos, and a living test bed for DX quality. • Build prototypes and proofs-of-concept using AI coding agents to explore and validate new capabilities. • Own and continuously adapt the plugin roadmap across short-term release goals, mid-term initiatives, and longer-term Kotlin ecosystem related projects. • Align plugin planning with Kotlin compiler releases, IntelliJ IDEA release trains, and Android Studio constraints. • Make explicit trade-offs and say "no" when cost, risk, or maintenance burden outweighs user value. • Define problem statements, success criteria, and scope for features — then collaborate with engineers to validate and refine. • Represent core Kotlin personas — JVM backend developers, library authors, Android and Multiplatform teams — and prioritize recurring pain points: false positives, slow analysis, unreliable refactorings, onboarding pain points, AI agents integrations. • Run a consistent pipeline of monthly user interviews to ground decisions in real workflows. • Coordinate with Kotlin language team, Developer Advocates, framework partners, Marketing, and other JetBrains teams. • Create external visibility through what's-new posts, Kotlin User Groups meetup talks, and feature previews at events like KotlinConf, Spring I/O, Devoxx and others.

🎯 Requirements

• Has professional software development experience in Java or Kotlin (this is a must). • Has 5+ years of experience in technical product management or a comparable role in a complex technical domain. • Is a hands-on product person who lives in the product, not someone who operates through reports and meetings alone. • Has experience with AI coding tools and agents, and curiosity about how they reshape developer workflows. • Can define clear roadmaps with problem statements, success criteria, and explicit trade-offs. • Has strong communication skills in English — written and spoken — for both technical peers and executive audiences. • Is ready to represent the product externally at conferences, in blog posts, and in community interactions. • Takes developer experience personally — not as an abstract metric, but as something they feel in their own daily workflow.

🏖️ Benefits

• Strong base salary. We offer competitive pay that reflects your skills and experience. • Flexible work location. Enjoy the freedom to work from home or from the office. • Remote work. Spend up to 30 days per year working remotely from abroad. • Extra time off. More days to relax, recharge, and do the things you love. • Medical insurance allowance. Enjoy peace of mind for you and your family • Learning and development opportunities. Access to conferences, courses, and language classes. • Relocation support. We help make your move as smooth and stress-free as possible. • Language classes. Pick up the local language or sharpen your English skills. • Fuel your day. Enjoy a hot meal or receive a lunch allowance on workdays. • Mental health support. To help you feel your best, we provide easy access to professional mental health services. • Sports benefit. Enjoy an on-site gym or sports club stipend. • Internal events. Join company-wide celebrations and team gatherings.