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About the Role

We are looking for a Technical Product Manager to help improve IntelliJ IDEA’s Scala support. This is a hands-on role focused on understanding developer needs and turning them into practical product improvements. You will work closely with engineers, experiment with modern Scala projects and tooling, analyze user feedback, investigate pain points in areas such as build systems, debugging, and code insight, and test ideas through prototypes and direct user interaction. Our goal is to provide developers with a reliable and productive environment for working with Scala and its ecosystem. We’re looking for someone who enjoys developer tools, understands technical trade-offs, and likes improving products through close collaboration with both users and engineers.

Responsibilities

Own the product vision for the Scala plugin, ensuring it provides fast, correct, and trustworthy IDE support that evolves with the language.
Analyze product usage statistics and run a consistent pipeline of user interviews to ground decisions in real workflows.
Use IntelliJ IDEA with the Scala plugin daily – dogfooding features, catching regressions, and validating the developer experience first-hand.
Maintain and develop reference projects that serve as showcases for new features, material for conference demos, and a living test bed for DX quality.
Own and continuously adapt the plugin roadmap for short-term release goals, mid-term initiatives, and longer-term projects related to the Scala ecosystem.
Align plugin planning with Scala compiler releases and IntelliJ IDEA release trains.
Make judgments about trade-offs and say "no" when cost, risk, or maintenance burden outweighs user value.
Define problem statements, success criteria, and scope for features, and then collaborate with engineers to validate and refine them.
Represent core Scala stakeholders – developers and library authors – and prioritize recurring pain points, for example, false positives, slow analysis, unreliable refactorings, onboarding pain points, and AI agent integrations.
Coordinate with Developer Advocates, the IntelliJ IDEA and Marketing teams, and other JetBrains teams.

Requirements

Has professional software development experience in Scala.
Has at least five years of experience in technical product management or a comparable role in a complex technical domain.
Works closely with the product instead of relying solely on reports and meetings.
Has experience with AI coding tools and agents, and curiosity about how they are reshaping developer workflows.
Can define clear roadmaps with problem statements, success criteria, and explicit trade-offs.
Has strong communication skills in English – written and spoken – for both technical peers and executive audiences.
Is ready to represent the product externally at conferences, in blog posts, and in community interactions.
Takes the developer experience personally – not as an abstract metric, but as something they feel in their own daily workflow.
Has experience developing IntelliJ Platform plugins or working with the IntelliJ Platform SDK, or has other technical experience with language tooling and IDEs.
Has built or contributed to evaluation pipelines, benchmarks, or quality measurement systems.
Has given technical talks or published content aimed at developer audiences.

Skills

Scala
Technical Product Management
AI coding tools
AI agents
IntelliJ Platform plugins
IntelliJ Platform SDK
Language tooling
IDEs
Evaluation pipelines
Benchmarks
Quality measurement systems
Technical talks
Content publishing

Location

Remote
Office

Work Type

Remote
Onsite
Hybrid

Experience Level

At least five years of experience in technical product management or a comparable role

Salary/Compensations

Strong base salary. We offer competitive pay that reflects your skills and experience.

Benefits

Flexible work location.
Remote work up to 30 days per year from abroad.
Extra time off.
Medical insurance allowance.
Learning and development opportunities.
Relocation support.
Language classes.
Hot meal or lunch allowance on workdays.
Mental health support.
Sports benefit.
Internal events.

About the Company

At JetBrains, we care deeply about developer tools and the code-writing experience.
We know great ideas can come from anyone, anywhere. That’s why we do our best to create an open and inclusive workplace – one that welcomes everyone regardless of their background, identity, religion, age, accessibility needs, or orientation.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer
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