JetBrains

Release Engineer

JetBrains
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7 hours ago
Remote, Germany +9 moreSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design, configure, maintain, and troubleshoot reliable CI/CD pipelines for large-scale IDE releases.
  • Manage branching strategies, code freezes, hotfix releases, and release decisions.
  • Diagnose pipeline failures, remove build bottlenecks, and improve delivery workflows.
  • Automate repetitive release tasks and improve YouTrack workflows for issue tracking.
  • Gather engineering-team requirements and translate pain points into tooling improvements.
  • Communicate process changes, support stakeholder transitions, and lead post-incident retrospectives.

Requirements

  • Proven hands-on experience building, maintaining, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines using tools such as TeamCity, Jenkins, or GitHub Actions.
  • Fluency in Kotlin or Java.
  • Practical experience with Gradle or similar build systems.
  • Familiarity with Linux environments and shell scripting.
  • Experience using YouTrack, Jira, or similar issue-tracking tools to manage workflows.
  • Professional fluency in written and spoken English.
  • Experience with large-scale monorepo builds, the JetBrains toolchain, plugin compatibility testing, or multi-product release pipelines is preferred.

Benefits

  • Flexible work location with work-from-home or office options.
  • Up to 30 days per year working remotely from abroad.
  • Extra time off and location-dependent benefits.
  • Medical insurance allowance for employees and families.
  • Conferences, courses, and language classes.
  • Hot meals or a lunch allowance on workdays.
  • Professional mental health support.
  • On-site gym or sports club stipend.
  • Internal company events and team gatherings.

Tech Stack

GitHub ActionsGradleJavaJenkinsKotlinLinuxTeamCity

Categories

JetBrains

About JetBrains

1,001-5,000 employees

JetBrains builds software development tools, best known for the IntelliJ IDEA family of IDEs (including PyCharm, CLion, Rider) and team products like TeamCity, YouTrack, and Space. It also created the Kotlin programming language, widely used for Android development. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Amsterdam, the privately held company sells commercial licenses and subscriptions to individual developers, teams, and enterprises.

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