As Head of the Web Ecosystem, you will own the mid- and long-term strategy for JetBrains products for JavaScript and TypeScript developers.
This role focuses on aligning product direction, go-to-market efforts, and external partnerships with the rapidly evolving web development ecosystem. You will translate ecosystem signals – from frameworks and tooling to community practices – into clear strategic priorities for JetBrains products.
You will work closely with engineering, product management, marketing, and developer advocacy teams, and represent JetBrains in the broader web developer community.
Core responsibilities- Set the strategy and direction for JetBrains products for web developers. Start new product directions when important niches are not addressed.
- Define the work for product management, marketing, developer advocacy, and partnerships in the web ecosystem, and keep everyone working toward one plan.
- Track important changes and trends in the web community (frameworks, tooling, major releases, new workflows).
- Build and maintain relationships with key people in the web ecosystem (companies, open-source projects, community leaders).
- Work with engineering and QA leads to set priorities and plan work.
- Represent JetBrains in the web ecosystem at key events and meetings.
- Coordinate with other ecosystems when areas overlap (e.g. Databases, Go, AI).
- A deep understanding of how web developers work: JavaScript/TypeScript, major frameworks (especially React), Node.js and browser tooling, package managers, build tools, code quality tools (linting/formatting), testing, and performance tooling.
- Experience setting product direction based on market needs as a Product Manager or Head of Product.
- Experience leading work across product management, marketing, developer advocacy, and business development, directly or through cross-team leadership.
- Strong external-facing capability, including partnerships, community engagement, and executive-level communication.
- The ability to use data for decisions, combining community feedback with product usage and business results.
Why join JetBrains?- Strong base salary. We offer competitive pay that reflects your skills and experience.
- Flexible work location. Enjoy the freedom to work from home or from the office.
- Remote work. Spend up to 30 days per year working remotely from abroad.
- Extra time off. More days to relax, recharge, and do the things you love.
- Medical insurance allowance. Enjoy peace of mind for you and your family.
- Learning and development opportunities. Access to conferences, courses, and language classes.
- Language classes. Pick up the local language or sharpen your English skills.
- Fuel your day. Enjoy a hot meal or receive a lunch allowance on workdays.
- Mental health support. To help you feel your best, we provide easy access to professional mental health services.
- Sports benefit. Enjoy an on-site gym or sports club stipend.
- Internal events. Join company-wide celebrations and team gatherings.
- Relocation support. We help make your move as smooth and stress-free as possible.
*Some benefits may vary depending on location.
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Skills Required
- Deep understanding of JavaScript and TypeScript ecosystems (frameworks like React, Node.js, browser tooling, package managers, build tools, linting/formatting, testing, performance tooling).
- Experience setting product direction as a Product Manager or Head of Product.
- Experience leading cross-functional work across product management, marketing, developer advocacy, and business development.
- Strong external-facing skills: partnerships, community engagement, and executive-level communication.
- Ability to use data for decisions, combining community feedback with product usage and business results.
JetBrains Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about JetBrains and has not been reviewed or approved by JetBrains.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Fair & Transparent Compensation: Pay is considered market-competitive for many product and engineering roles in key locations, with published salary ranges on some postings aiding expectation-setting. Feedback suggests total compensation feels fair relative to local markets even if packages are positioned as “competitive but not top‑of‑big‑tech”.
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Flexible Benefits — Flexible Benefits: Work setup includes hybrid/remote options and flexible hours across many locations. The ability to work abroad for part of the year adds practical flexibility to where work gets done.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Leave & Time Off Breadth: Time off includes additional vacation days beyond local minimums in many countries. U.S. materials also highlight PTO, sick leave, and holidays, underscoring breadth beyond statutory baselines.
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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.
