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Job description
Join JetBrains as an AI Lead to design and implement AI features in PyCharm and Python tooling, guiding the team in adopting AI technologies effectively.
Responsibilities
### Responsibilities
- Lead the technical design of AI features in PyCharm and our Python tooling, including MCP integrations, agent workflows, tool design, and context management.
- Prototype and ship features yourself – this is a hands-on technical leadership role.
- Help the team adopt AI technologies effectively by providing technical guidance, reviewing approaches, and sharing practical patterns.
- Evaluate emerging AI tools, frameworks, and providers, and make pragmatic decisions about what to build and what to integrate.
- Work closely with product managers, ML engineers, QA specialists, and senior developers to turn product ideas into solid technical plans.
- Navigate a large Kotlin/Java codebase and expose IntelliJ Platform capabilities – such as code analysis, inspections, refactorings, and type inference – to AI-powered workflows.
- Contribute to cross-team AI efforts and help define shared engineering patterns where appropriate.
Requirements
### Requirements
- Strong software engineering experience, particularly in Python and/or Kotlin/JVM.
- Deep, hands-on familiarity with modern AI tooling for developers, including coding assistants, agents, MCP, and LLM-based workflows.
- Experience working in large, mature codebases and delivering meaningful technical change without compromising quality.
- Familiarity with LLM evaluation and benchmarking.
- A track record of making good technical decisions in fast-moving, ambiguous areas like proposing architectures, building prototypes, and iterating based on feedback.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical direction without formal authority.
- A strong product sense and care about solving real user problems, not just building interesting technology.
About JetBrains
JetBrains is a global technology company that develops developer tools, including integrated development environments (IDEs) like IntelliJ IDEA, Kotlin, TeamCity, and YouTrack, used by millions of developers worldwide. They offer products for coding, testing, project management, and AI integrations, with a focus on enterprise and educational markets.