Staff Software Developer (Kotlin Libraries)

<h4><strong>As part of our team, you will:</strong></h4> <ul data-tight="true"> <li> <p>Create and maintain foundational libraries for Kotlin core primitives that are used by hundreds of thousands of developers</p> </li> <li> <p>Become an expert in specific domains of computer science and software engineering</p> </li> <li> <p>Be part of a design committee that decides how the Kotlin API should be shaped</p> </li> <li> <p>Participate in creating standard Kotlin tools, specifications and language features</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Preferable: </strong></p> <ul data-tight="true"> <li> <p>JVM development experience down to the implementation details of the Java standard library</p> </li> <li> <p>Strong understanding of the domain you've been working with</p> </li> <li> <p>Ability to write design documents for complex systems with strong reasoning behind each trade-off and technical decision</p> </li> <li> <p>Experience in performance engineering or API design</p> </li> </ul> <p>In general, if you see yourself reading a Unicode standard, exploring how five other languages transform strings to bytes, figuring out why some Oceania islands changed their timezone from -10:00 to +14:00 and whether it should be expressed in the API of Kotlin timezones, optimizing interface hierarchy to be more JIT-friendly and is not afraid of re-iterating over documentation a multitude of times, you won't get bored in our team.</p> <p><strong><br>Why join JetBrains? </strong></p> <ul> <li>Strong base salary. We offer competitive pay that reflects your skills and experience.</li> <li>Flexible work location. Enjoy the freed