Shutdown
Dec 2025JetBrains 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.
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Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
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
Funding
Stage
Privately owned; no publicly disclosed institutional funding round established
People & investors
Leadership
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
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
Mar 2026JetBrains 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.
SourceShutdown
Jun 2026JetBrains 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.
Latest news
JetBrains Blog · Jul 2026
Recent employer and engineering-culture article describing JetBrains' technical hiring bar, ownership expectations, interview process and international relocation support.
JetBrains Blog · Jul 2026
Major IntelliJ IDEA release coverage highlighting continued investment in the flagship IDE, performance, usability and developer workflows.
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.
JetBrains Blog · Mar 2026
JetBrains announced a phased discontinuation of Code With Me, with transition support through Q1 2027 and no new feature development.
Open Positions
92 jobs at JetBrains
Senior GL Accountant
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Accounting Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
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On-site
Full-time