Principal Engineer (JetBrains Cloud Platform, Developer Experience)

Requirements

• Extensive experience with build systems (Gradle, Maven, or Bazel) and optimization at scale
• Strong expertise in CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions, TeamCity, Jenkins, or similar)
• Hands-on experience with Docker and containerized development workflows
• Understanding of the software development life cycle and developer productivity
• Ability to drive cross-team initiatives and influence engineering practices

Nice to Haves

• Experience improving developer experience at scale in a platform or infrastructure organization
• Worked on AI-driven development pipelines
• Expertise in build caching, remote execution, and incremental build strategies
• Contributions to open-source build tooling or CI/CD infrastructure
• Enjoy solving performance problems and optimizing processes

What You'll Be Doing

• Drive strategy for developer experience improvements across JCP platform
• Optimize build systems for faster builds and reproducibility
• Set up AI development pipelines and manage context
• Improve CI/CD pipelines for reliability and resource optimization
• Enhance containerized development workflows for consistent local environments
• Identify and eliminate development cycle bottlenecks
• Establish best practices and shared infrastructure for faster team movement
• Collaborate with platform and product teams for impactful improvements

Perks and Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer fostering an open and inclusive workplace
• Emphasis on welcoming individuals regardless of background or identity
• Privacy policy aligned with Recruitment Privacy Policy