At JetBrains, code is our passion. Since 2000, we have been building the most powerful and effective developer tools on the planet. By automating routine checks and corrections, our tools help developers focus on what truly matters – growing, discovering, and creating.
Alongside our passion for programming and software development, caring for our employees is equally important to us. To support our rapidly growing presence in Germany, we’re looking for a dedicated HR Lead to join our Munich office. In this role, you will take ownership of a wide range of HR processes and activities, support our employees throughout the full HR lifecycle, and help shape our local employee experience.
This is a unique opportunity to build and strengthen JetBrains’ HR function in Germany while staying connected to a global HR community.
As part of our team, you will:- Represent JetBrains’ HR function in Germany (Berlin and Munich).
- Develop, implement and improve local HR strategies, policies, systems, and benefits aligned with our global HR approach.
- Oversee hiring, onboarding, development, and offboarding processes for employees in Germany.
- Strengthen JetBrains' employer brand in the German market by promoting our culture, values, and presence in the local tech community.
- Ensure compliance with German labor law, social security regulations, health & safety requirements, and other statutory obligations.
- Provide internal consultation on German employment law, compensation, benefits, immigration, work permits (incl. EU Blue Card), and other local HR topics.
- Cooperate with local authorities, legal advisors, payroll providers, tax consultants, and external agencies.
- Support communication with government institutions.
- Partner closely with our global HR, payroll, legal, and tax teams to ensure seamless HR operations.
- Actively contribute to local and global HR initiatives and projects.
- 5+ years of experience as an HR Manager in an international environment.
- Strong knowledge of German labor law, social security system, and local market HR practices.
- Experience handling immigration topics and cooperation with German authorities (e.g., Ausländerbehörde, Agentur für Arbeit).
- Hands-on experience with payroll processes, data protection regulations, and HR compliance in Germany.
- Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, people-focused mindset.
- Creativity and proactivity in solving HR challenges and improving processes.
- Experience working with authorities, external service providers, and consulting partners.
- Proficiency with MS Office (especially Excel) and HRM systems.
- Experience in the HR department of an IT or tech company would be an advantage.
- Fluent in German and English (spoken and written).
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What We Do
JetBrains creates intelligent software development tools consistently used and trusted by 11.4 million professionals and 88 Fortune Global Top 100 companies. Our lineup of more than 30 products includes IDEs for most programming languages and technologies, such as IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and others, as well as products for team collaboration, like YouTrack and TeamCity. JetBrains is also known for creating the Kotlin programming language, a cross-platform language used by more than 5 million developers worldwide yearly and recommended by Google as the preferred language for Android development. The company is headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic, and has offices around the world. JetBrains IDEs * IntelliJ IDEA (Java and Kotlin Developers) * PyCharm (Python developers) * PhpStorm (PHP developers) * GoLand (Go developers) * Rider (.NET developers) * CLion (C and C++ developers) * Rust Rover (Rust developers) * WebStorm (JavaScript & TypesScript developers) * RubyMine (Ruby and Rails developers) * DataGrip (Tool for multiple databases) * ReSharper (Extension for Visual Studio) * Fleet (Multilingual IDE and code editor) * Aqua (IDE for test automation engineers) .NET & Visual Studio: * Rider (IDE for .NET developers) * ReSharper (Extension for Visual Studio) * ReSharper C++ (Visual Studio Extension for C++ developers) * dotCover (.NET Unit Test Runner and Code Coverage Tool) * dotMemory (.NET Memory Profiler) * dotTrace (.NET Performance Profiler) * dotPeek (.NET decompiler and assembly browser) Team Tools: * TeamCity (Powerful CI out of the box) * YouTrack (Project management for all your teams) * Space (Intelligent code collaboration platform) * Datalore (Collaborative data science platform) * Qodana (Code quality platform for teams) Programming Languages: * Kotlin (Programming Language for the JVM and Android) * MPS (Create Your Own Domain-Specific Language) Education: * JetBrains Academy (Learn and Teach Computer Science) Profile by JetBrains s.r.o.
