Principal Engineer (Platform Architecture, JetBrains Cloud Platform)

TL;DR

Principal Engineer (Platform Architecture, hirify.global Cloud Platform): Shaping the core technical foundations of hirify.global Cloud Platform from the ground up with an accent on cross-product services, infrastructure abstractions, and integration standards. Focus on scalability, reliability, security, and observability from the outset.

Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands; Belgrade, Serbia; Berlin, Germany; Limassol, Cyprus; Madrid, Spain; Munich, Germany; Paphos, Cyprus; Prague, Czech Republic; Remote, Germany; Warsaw, Poland; Yerevan, Armenia

Company

hirify.global is building an AI-native platform for software development that connects developer workflows, team-level collaboration, and organizational control into a single coherent system.

What you will do

• Design and evolve the architecture of a cross-product platform that serves as the foundation for AI-driven software development.
• Define architectural principles, standards, and guidelines for platform services and shared foundations.
• Design integration patterns and interfaces between platform services, developer tools, and external systems.
• Ensure architectural decisions support scalability, reliability, security, and observability from the outset.
• Own and drive key platform-level architectural decisions and trade-offs.
• Collaborate with other architects and platform specialists to align on shared decisions and evolve the platform architecture over time.

Requirements

• Has strong experience in software engineering and system design, especially in complex, distributed systems.
• Has experience defining or significantly shaping the architecture of new platforms or large-scale systems.
• Is able to facilitate and align architectural decisions across multiple teams, balancing different perspectives and constraints.
• Is comfortable working in an environment where many processes and standards are still not fully established.
• Is motivated by long-term goals and prefers building foundations over delivering short-term features.

Nice to have

• Have hands-on experience designing or evolving platforms based on Kubernetes and cloud environments such as AWS.
• Have experience with networking, compute, and storage infrastructure and can reason across application and infrastructure layers.
• Enjoy helping teams converge on good solutions rather than enforcing a single “correct” approach.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work location. Enjoy the freedom to work from home or from the office.
• Spend up to 30 days per year working remotely from abroad.
• More days to relax, recharge, and do the things you love.
• Enjoy peace of mind for you and your family with medical insurance allowance.
• Access to conferences, courses, and language classes for learning and development opportunities.
• Relocation support to make your move as smooth and stress-free as possible.