JetBrains

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Updated Aug 5, 2026

Overview

JetBrains is a privately owned, independent software company founded in 2000 that builds developer tools spanning IDEs, AI-assisted development, programming languages and frameworks, team collaboration, CI/CD, education, and enterprise developer-productivity products. Its tools are used by individual developers, startups, educational institutions, and large organizations; the 2026 corporate overview reports 12.5M+ recurring active users and usage by 88 of the Fortune Global Top 100.

Primary product

JetBrains developer-tool ecosystem, led by IntelliJ IDEA and a portfolio of language-specific IDEs; the portfolio also includes Kotlin, TeamCity, YouTrack, Space-related/team tools, JetBrains AI and Junie.

Founded

2000

Headquarters

Amsterdam, Netherlands (JetBrains N.V.; Terrace Tower, Gelrestraat 16, 1079 MZ Amsterdam).

Team size

2,600–2,800+ (official 2026 materials report 2,605+; careers materials report 2.8K+)

Work style

Hybrid

Industry

Software development

Sub-industry

Developer tools, integrated development environments, programming languages, developer productivity and collaboration software

Offices

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Prague, Czech Republic

Shanghai, China

Limassol, Cyprus

Paphos, Cyprus

Belgrade, Serbia

Warsaw, Poland

Foster City, California, USA

Yerevan, Armenia

Madrid, Spain

Business model

Commercial subscriptions for individual and organizational users

Perpetual/free and paid IDE editions and product licenses

Enterprise subscriptions and volume licensing

AI-assistance subscriptions and add-ons

Free/open-source products and community editions

Education and startup programs

Funding

Stage

Privately owned; no publicly disclosed institutional funding round established

People & investors

Leadership

Kirill Skrygan

Chief Executive Officer

Work & culture

Developer-led, technically rigorous and quality-focused. JetBrains emphasizes craftsmanship, autonomy, thoughtful problem solving, long-term product quality, and dogfooding—using its own tools to build its products. As a private company it says it is not driven by short-term public-market expectations.

Work style

Hybrid

Visa sponsorship

Limited

Compensation

Official careers materials signal strong base salaries, recognition and compensation for top performers, flexible benefits and relocation support. Public salary data is location- and role-specific; Levels.fyi reports Germany full-stack software-engineer total compensation of approximately €72.7K–€133K+, with a reported median around €107K, updated June 18, 2026.

Benefits

Flexible work schedule

Hybrid work from office or home

Ability to work abroad for up to 30 days per year

Relocation support

Health and wellness benefits

Additional vacation days

Strong base salaries

Recognition and performance-related compensation

Product & market

Pricing

Freemium/community editions for selected products, paid individual subscriptions, commercial organization subscriptions, enterprise/volume licensing, and paid AI add-ons; pricing varies by product, user type and contract.

Differentiators

—Deep, integrated IDE support across many languages and platforms
—IntelliJ Platform ecosystem and sophisticated code intelligence
—Kotlin language and tooling ownership
—Broad lifecycle portfolio spanning coding, testing, CI/CD, collaboration, learning and AI
—Developer-first product culture and dogfooding
—Independent private ownership and long-term product orientation
—Significant open-source contribution and community ecosystem

Technology

Kotlin

Java/JVM

IntelliJ Platform

C++

C#/.NET

Python

Rust

JavaScript/TypeScript

Ktor

TeamCity

YouTrack

JetBrains AI

Junie

GitHub/Open Source

Customers

Individual developers

Startups and scaleups

Educational institutions and students

Enterprise software-development organizations

88 of the Fortune Global Top 100 companies

Organizations using IDEs, CI/CD, issue tracking and developer-collaboration tools

Competitors

Microsoft Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code

Eclipse Foundation IDEs

Apple Xcode

Sublime Text

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

GitLab

Atlassian Jira

CircleCI

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

Approximately $250M–$1B annually. A third-party estimate reports $252M for 2024, while official 2026 materials provide regional revenue figures/growth but not a consolidated revenue total.

Signals & risks

Shutdown

Dec 2025

JetBrains announced that Fleet would stop being available for download from December 22, 2025, with no further updates; it redirected relevant agentic-development work into other/new products.

Source

Shutdown

Mar 2026

JetBrains announced the gradual sunset of Code With Me: 2026.1 is the last IDE release with official support, with final public-relay shutdown planned for Q1 2027.

Source

Shutdown

Jun 2026

JetBrains announced that Kotlin Notebook would be sunset as a company-maintained product from IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2, with future development moved to the open-source community.

Source

Latest news

JetBrains Engineering Hiring Process: A Recruiter Explains What to Expect

JetBrains Blog · Jul 2026

Recent employer and engineering-culture article describing JetBrains' technical hiring bar, ownership expectations, interview process and international relocation support.

What's New in IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2

JetBrains Blog · Jul 2026

Major IntelliJ IDEA release coverage highlighting continued investment in the flagship IDE, performance, usability and developer workflows.

Kotlin Notebook Sunset

JetBrains Blog · Jun 2026

JetBrains announced that Kotlin Notebook would no longer be company-maintained as a product from IntelliJ IDEA 2026.2 and would transition toward community/open-source development.

Sunsetting Code With Me

JetBrains Blog · Mar 2026

JetBrains announced a phased discontinuation of Code With Me, with transition support through Q1 2027 and no new feature development.

The Future of Fleet

JetBrains Blog · Dec 2025

JetBrains explained the discontinuation of Fleet distribution and its decision to focus the product's agentic-development work elsewhere.

Jobs and careers at JetBrains

67 jobs at JetBrains

Support Engineer (TeamCity)

Remote

TeamCity Growth

Boston, Massachusetts; Foster City, California; Marlton, New Jersey; Remote, United States; United States

4d ago

Remote

Full-time