At JetBrains, code is our passion. Ever since we started, back in 2000, we have strived to make the strongest, most effective developer tools on earth. By automating routine checks and corrections, our tools speed up production, freeing developers to grow, discover, and create.
ThinkRail is an innovative project within JetBrains' Innovation Hub. Its aim is to develop a declarative programming language tailored to AI-spec-driven development. Our goal is to build an infrastructure that enables the efficient creation of complex systems with AI, while maintaining the trust of users and flexibility in the results.
We already have a working prototype and are now focused on turning ThinkRail into a robust system ready for real projects. To help us achieve this, we’re looking for a software developer to join our team and bring ThinkRail from vision to reality. You’d be joining at a stage where core language decisions, tooling, and architecture are still being shaped.
This will be an exciting opportunity if you:
- Want to create something new.
- Care about building trust in AI.
- Love programming languages.
In this role, you will:
- Build and evolve VS Code and IntelliJ IDEA plugins for ThinkRail.
- Develop our language server, including analysis, completion, diagnostics, and verification.
- Improve the evaluator that turns specs into code and catches spec and code drift.
- Integrate ThinkRail with AI agent frameworks (e.g. Koog, LangGraph, and Spring AI) and protocols like MCP and ACP.
We will be happy to have you on our team if you:
- Can work effectively in a distributed team.
- Have strong collaboration skills, are open to diverse perspectives, and support your ideas with sound reasoning.
- Possess exceptional problem-solving skills and initiative.
We would be especially thrilled if you:
- Are experienced with developer tools, DSLs, or static analysis.
- Have hands-on experience working with LSP or editor plugins (for VS Code, IntelliJ IDEA, or similar).
- Are interested in or experienced with AI agents and how they’re orchestrated in real systems.
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Skills Required
- Can work effectively in a distributed team
- Strong collaboration skills and openness to diverse perspectives
- Exceptional problem-solving skills and initiative
- Experience with developer tools, DSLs, or static analysis
- Hands-on experience with LSP or editor plugins (VS Code, IntelliJ IDEA, or similar)
- Interest in or experience with AI agents and orchestration
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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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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.
