Senior Technical Product Manager (IntelliJ Kotlin Plugin)

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹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 feature showcases, conference demo material and a living test bed for DX quality
• ▹Build prototypes and proofs-of-concept using AI coding agents
• ▹Own and continuously adapt the plugin roadmap across short-term release goals, mid-term initiatives and longer-term Kotlin ecosystem 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 validate and refine them with engineers
• ▹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 agent integrations
• ▹Run a consistent pipeline of monthly user interviews
• ▹Coordinate with the Kotlin language team, Developer Advocates, framework partners, Marketing and other JetBrains teams
• ▹Create external visibility through what's-new posts, Kotlin User Group meetup talks and feature previews at events like KotlinConf, Spring I/O and Devoxx

Requirements

• ▹Professional software development experience in Java or Kotlin (a must)
• ▹5+ years of experience in technical product management or a comparable role in a complex technical domain
• ▹A hands-on product person who lives in the product, not someone who operates through reports and meetings alone
• ▹Experience with AI coding tools and agents, and curiosity about how they reshape developer workflows
• ▹Ability to define clear roadmaps with problem statements, success criteria and explicit trade-offs
• ▹Strong communication skills in English, written and spoken, for technical peers and executive audiences
• ▹Readiness to represent the product externally at conferences, in blog posts and in community interactions
• ▹Takes developer experience personally, as something felt in their own daily workflow

Nice to have

• ▹Experience developing IntelliJ plugins or working with the IntelliJ Platform SDK
• ▹Built or contributed to evaluation pipelines, benchmarks or quality measurement systems
• ▹Given technical talks or published content aimed at developer audiences

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Strong base salary reflecting your skills and experience
• ▹Flexible work location: home or office
• ▹Up to 30 days per year working remotely from abroad
• ▹Extra time off
• ▹Medical insurance allowance for you and your family
• ▹Learning and development opportunities: conferences, courses and language classes
• ▹Relocation support
• ▹Language classes to learn the local language or sharpen your English
• ▹Hot meal or lunch allowance on workdays
• ▹Mental health support
• ▹Sports benefit: on-site gym or sports club stipend
• ▹Internal events and company-wide celebrations

About the company

JetBrains has been striving to make the world's strongest and most effective developer tools since 2000. The Kotlin plugin for IntelliJ IDEA is used by hundreds of thousands of developers every day.