SSH & Remote Development Engineer

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J Platform Dev Env team is a platform team focused on heterogeneous development environments. We build APIs that let Jet Brains IDEs work with code in Docker containers, WSL distributions, and on remote SSH hosts.

We are currently looking for an SSH & Remote Development Engineer. If selected for the position, your main focus will be on SSH support – making IDEs work seamlessly over SSH connections to remote hosts.

• OpenSSH integration – making our products work seamlessly over SSH connections.
• EEL API development – our experimental platform API for working with remote execution environments (Docker, WSL, SSH, etc.).
• IJent – a lightweight Rust agent that runs on remote hosts and handles file system operations, process execution, and terminal sessions.

In addition to the above, this role also involves designing new APIs
, conducting extensive optimization work (including network protocols, caching, and file transfers), and solving challenging problems at the intersection of networking, distributed systems, and IDE infrastructure
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• Reusing OpenSSH as a transport layer for remote operations
• Optimizing file transfers over high-latency connections
• Debugging connection issues, timeouts, and reconnections

• Implementing SSH support for EEL
• Optimizing performance for slow connections
• Handling platform differences (Linux, macOS, and Windows on the remote side)
• Working on file system operations, process execution, and path handling

• Extending IJent with new features
• Optimizing performance (file watching and bulk operations)
• Fixing Intelli
  
  J platform‑specific issues

• Java/Kotlin – main codebase, EEL API
• Rust – IJent agent
• gRPC – IDE ↔ agent communication

• Have strong Java or Kotlin experience
• Possess a solid understanding of network protocols
• Are comfortable with low-level debugging (network, operating systems)

• Have Intelli
  
  J plugin development experience
• Can read and write basic Rust (or are willing to learn)
• Have a systems programming background in Linux or Windows

• Entry level

• Full-time

• Engineering and Information Technology

• Software Development

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