Software Architect - JetBrains Cloud Platform

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Software Architect to join our team at JetBrains, focusing on the development of our innovative Cloud Platform. This Software Architect remote position will allow you to shape the future of software development by designing a robust architecture that integrates AI-driven capabilities. You will play a pivotal role in creating a platform that enhances developer workflows and team collaboration.

What You'll Do

• 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, and 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.

Requirements

• Strong experience in software engineering and system design, especially in complex, distributed systems.
• Experience defining or significantly shaping the architecture of new platforms or large-scale systems.
• Able to facilitate and align architectural decisions across multiple teams, balancing different perspectives and constraints.
• Comfortable working in an environment where many processes and standards are still not fully established.
• Motivated by long-term goals and prefers building foundations over delivering short-term features.

Nice to Have

• Hands-on experience designing or evolving platforms based on Kubernetes and cloud environments such as AWS.
• 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.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Flexible remote work options.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology in AI and cloud platforms.
• Collaborative and innovative team environment.
• Professional development opportunities.