At JetBrains, code is our passion. Ever since we started, back in 2000, we have been striving to make the strongest, most effective developer tools on earth. By automating routine checks and corrections, our tools speed up production, freeing developers and businesses to grow, discover, and create.
IntelliJ IDEA revolutionized the Java development tool market back in 2001, becoming the first IDE to offer automated code refactoring. It continues to drive innovation in software development, making thousands of programmers more productive every day. In addition to Java, IntelliJ IDEA includes various development tools for other prominent languages such as Ruby, Groovy, Scala, Python, JavaScript, Objective-C, PHP, and Kotlin.
We're now looking for a QA Automation Engineer to join the IntelliJ IDEA Java Build Tools QA team and help ensure the quality of a product that our customers and software engineers around the world rely on daily. Since most Java projects in IntelliJ IDEA are built with Maven or Gradle, Java Build Tools is a critical part of the IDE experience, and your work will affect how smoothly our users can open, sync, build, and run their projects. You'll work alongside QA engineers to design and set up our automation process for Gradle and Maven end-to-end tests, as well as implement and automate test scenarios that catch issues before they reach our users.
What you'll doCore responsibilities:- Design, develop, and maintain multi-platform and environmental (Linux, Windows, MacOS, Docker, WSL) automated test scenarios.
- Expand test coverage for new and existing functionality.
- Debug and troubleshoot test failures.
- Improve existing automation based on team feedback and reduce test flakiness.
- Track quality metrics, including testing coverage, failure rate, and flakiness.
- Contribute to frameworks and tools with product-specific extensions as needed.
- Help the team monitor test execution results and investigate failures.
- Participate in release quality assessments.
- Collaborate with QA and developers to define test strategies.
- Do manual QA activities when needed.
- Participate in the test documentation creation.
- Improve domain-specific test infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines within your team's scope.
- Share automation best practices with the team.
- Work with the tooling team to adopt new frameworks and practices.
- Proven experience in test automation.
- Solid programming skills in Kotlin/Java.
- Experience with test frameworks like JUnit or TestNG.
- Familiarity with build tools, like Maven and Gradle.
- An understanding of software testing principles and methodologies.
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools (TeamCity or similar).
- Experience with reporting tools (Allure or others).
- Version control experience (Git).
- Proficiency in spoken and written English.
- Responsibility, self-discipline, and self-learning skills.
- Strong teamwork skills.
- The ability to work independently, creatively, and on your own initiative.
- Experience testing developer tools, IDEs, and desktop applications.
- Familiarity with JVM Frameworks (Spring or Jakarta) and databases.
- 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.
- Relocation support. We help make your move as smooth and stress-free as possible.
- 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.
*Some benefits may vary depending on location.
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Skills Required
- Proven experience in test automation
- Solid programming skills in Kotlin/Java
- Experience with test frameworks like JUnit or TestNG
- Familiarity with build tools like Maven and Gradle
- Understanding of software testing principles and methodologies
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools (TeamCity or similar)
- Experience with reporting tools (Allure or others)
- Version control experience (Git)
- Proficiency in spoken and written English
- Ability to design, develop, and maintain multi-platform automated test scenarios (Linux, Windows, macOS, Docker, WSL)
- Responsibility, self-discipline, and self-learning skills
- Strong teamwork skills and ability to work independently
- Experience testing developer tools, IDEs, and desktop applications
- Familiarity with JVM Frameworks (Spring or Jakarta) and databases
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.
