[Hiring] Software Architect @JetBrains

Role Description

We are looking for a Software Architect (Product Architecture) to drive architecture within a specific product area or domain inside JetBrains Cloud Platform.

• Own the architecture of a specific product/domain within JetBrains Cloud Platform and evolve it over time.
• Translate product and domain requirements into clear architectural designs and implementation approaches.
• Define service boundaries, domain models, data flows, and integration contracts aligned with platform standards.
• Drive key architectural decisions and trade-offs in your area (e.g., API design, persistence, reliability, performance, migration paths).
• Ensure your domain architecture supports scalability, reliability, and observability from the outset.
• Review and validate architectural designs within your domain/team, raising quality and consistency.
• Collaborate with platform architects and other domain owners to align on cross-cutting decisions and shared interfaces.
• Work closely with senior and staff engineers to clarify requirements, reduce ambiguity, and support execution.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in software engineering and system design, with a track record of working on complex systems.
• Experience owning architecture within a product or domain, including balancing delivery needs with long-term sustainability.
• Comfortable aligning product needs with platform capabilities and constraints (and negotiating trade-offs when needed).
• Ability to facilitate architectural decision-making inside a team and across partner teams.
• Comfortable working in an environment where many processes and standards are still being formed.
• Thinks in long-term horizons, designing for evolution rather than one-off implementations.

Requirements

• Experience designing product architectures that operate in cloud environments and integrate with multiple systems.
• Strong reasoning about architectural trade-offs in context (time-to-market vs correctness, flexibility vs complexity, etc.).
• Enjoy helping teams converge on good solutions through collaboration, not enforcement.