JetBrains tech stack

JetBrains builds mostly with Java, Python, C++, JavaScript. Its stack also includes Kubernetes, AWS, Ktor, PyTorch. Java is named in 31 of the 74 job postings JetBrains published in the last 12 months (42%). Counted by Alion from the job postings of JetBrains, updated Sep 28, 2026.

Source: Alion Coverage: the company's job postings of the last 12 months Sep 28, 2026
Technologies in use
153
Postings analysed
74
Open now
40
Modernity
84 /100
New in 6 months
8

What programming languages does JetBrains use?

Java is named in 42% of job postings at JetBrains, followed by Python (26%), C++ (9%), JavaScript (9%).

Java 31 42% required in 87% · 16 open now · since Oct 2025
Python 19 26% required in 89% · 9 open now · since Oct 2025
C++ 7 9% required in 86% · 2 open now · since Oct 2025
JavaScript 7 9% required in 57% · 5 open now · since Oct 2025
SQL 5 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2025
Go 4 5% required in 75% · 3 open now · since Oct 2025
C# 4 5% required in 50% · 3 open now · since Apr 2026
Objective-C 3 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jun 2026
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Ruby3
Node JS3
Rust3
TypeScript3
Groovy2
PHP2
Scala2
Assembly1
Clojure1
Haskell1

What frameworks and libraries does JetBrains use?

Ktor is named in 7% of job postings at JetBrains, followed by PyTorch (7%), Micronaut (5%), Quarkus (5%).

Ktor 5 7% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Apr 2026
PyTorch 5 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Oct 2025
Micronaut 4 5% required in 100% · since Apr 2026
Quarkus 4 5% required in 100% · since Apr 2026
DeepSpeed 3 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2025
JUnit 3 4% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
Megatron-LM 3 4% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2025
TestNG 3 4% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jul 2026
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LangChain3
Dagster2
NVIDIA NeMo2
Playwright2
Selenium2
LangGraph2
FSDP1
LlamaIndex1
NCCL1
OpenGL1
OpenTelemetry1
PyTorch C++1
React.js1
Spring Boot1
Spring Security1
TRL1
Transformers1
smolagents1
AutoGen1
CrewAI1

What databases does JetBrains use?

PostgreSQL is named in 5% of job postings at JetBrains, followed by Oracle (1%).

PostgreSQL 4 5% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Feb 2026
Oracle 1 1% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Jul 2026

What cloud and platforms does JetBrains use?

Kubernetes is named in 15% of job postings at JetBrains, followed by AWS (12%), Linux (11%), Azure (8%).

Kubernetes 11 15% required in 100% · 6 open now · since Oct 2025
AWS 9 12% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Oct 2025
Linux 8 11% required in 88% · 3 open now · since Oct 2025
Azure 6 8% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Oct 2025
Windows 5 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
GitHub 5 7% required in 80% · 2 open now · since Oct 2025
GCP 4 5% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2025
.NET 4 5% required in 50% · 3 open now · since Apr 2026
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GitHub Actions3
Langfuse3
MLFlow3
VMWare3
vLLM3
Anthropic2
Grafana2
Kubeflow2
OpenAI2
Apache Kafka1
CUDA Toolkit1
Figma1
Google GKE1
Hugging Face1
Istio1
LangSmith1
OpenJDK1
Postman1
Power BI1
Unix1
WebAssembly1

What developer tools does JetBrains use?

Gradle is named in 15% of job postings at JetBrains, followed by Maven (9%), Git (8%), Model Context Protocol (8%).

Gradle 11 15% required in 91% · 6 open now · since Oct 2025
Maven 7 9% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Oct 2025
Git 6 8% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Oct 2025
Model Context Protocol 6 8% required in 100% · 3 open now · since Jan 2026
Docker 4 5% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jun 2026
Terraform 4 5% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Oct 2025
Ansible 2 3% required in 100% · 1 open now · since Oct 2025
Claude Code 2 3% required in 100% · since Apr 2026
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Prometheus2
SLURM2
TensorRT2
Apache Tomcat1
Binary Ninja1
Copilot1
Cursor1
Gatling1
Ghidra1
Helm1
IDA Pro1
JMeter1
Jenkins1
Knative1
LLVM1
Loki1
Packer1
Podman1
Promptfoo1
Rest API1
Terragrunt1
k61

What AI and ML technologies does JetBrains use?

LLM is named in 30% of job postings at JetBrains, followed by Claude (3%), Gemini (1%).

LLM 22 30% required in 91% · 9 open now · since Oct 2025
Claude 2 3% required in 100% · since Apr 2026
Gemini 1 1% required in 100% · since Jul 2026

Which engineering practices does JetBrains ask for?

CI/CD is named in 26% of job postings at JetBrains, followed by AI Agents (24%), Fine-tuning (8%), Tool Use (8%).

CI/CD 19 26% required in 95% · 8 open now · since Jan 2026
AI Agents 18 24% required in 94% · 12 open now · since Dec 2025
Fine-tuning 6 8% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jan 2026
Tool Use 6 8% required in 100% · 5 open now · since Jan 2026
Function Calling 5 7% required in 100% · 4 open now · since Jan 2026
NLP 5 7% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Jan 2026
Post-training 4 5% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Oct 2025
Pre-training 4 5% required in 100% · 2 open now · since Oct 2025
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Agentic Workflows4
Prompt Engineering4
Machine Learning3
RLHF3
SFT3
Clean Architecture2
Context Engineering2
DPO2
GRPO2
RAG2
Tokenization2
Knowledge Graph2
Configuration Management1
DHCP1
DNS1
EU AI Act1
Edge AI1
Embeddings1
GitOps1
Incident Management1
LLM Evaluation1
Mixture of Experts1
Platform Engineering1
RLAIF1
Reranking1
SLI/SLO/SLA1
SRE1
Self-Healing1
Semantic Search1
Semantic Search1
Service Mesh1
Synthetic Data1

And 3 more, each named in fewer postings.

What does each JetBrains team work with?

The technologies each team's postings require most often, with the number of postings that require them.

Backend

15 postings
Java9
C++3
Kubernetes3
LLM3
Python3
Model Context Protocol2

AI/ML

14 postings
LLM12
Python9
Java7
PyTorch5
Kubernetes4
Model Context Protocol4

QA

8 postings
Docker4
Java4
Git3
Gradle3
JUnit3
Maven3

DevOps

7 postings
LLM4
Linux4
AWS3
Kubernetes3
Terraform3
Ansible2

Mobile

5 postings
Gradle4
Java4
Ktor3
Maven3
Micronaut3
Quarkus3

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How is the JetBrains stack changing?

Read from the dates of the postings themselves: a technology is new when the first posting that names it appeared in the last six months, rising or falling when its share of postings moved between the last two quarters.

First appeared
Clean ArchitectureJul 2026
JUnitJul 2026
RubyJul 2026
TestNGJul 2026
GroovyJul 2026
PHPJul 2026
ScalaJul 2026
DockerJun 2026
Rising
CI/CD17% → 35%
Git0% → 13%
PostgreSQL0% → 10%
JUnit0% → 10%
Ruby0% → 10%
TestNG0% → 10%
SQL4% → 10%
Docker4% → 10%
Falling
Ktor22% → 0%
AI Agents26% → 13%
Python26% → 16%
Micronaut13% → 3%
Quarkus13% → 3%
Kubernetes13% → 6%
Model Context Protocol13% → 6%
Not named for 6 months
DeepSpeedMar 2026
vLLMMar 2026
KubeflowMar 2026
TensorRTMar 2026
DagsterJan 2026
NVIDIA NeMoJan 2026
SLURMJan 2026
TokenizationJan 2026

How modern is the JetBrains stack?

Cutting-edge AI adopter 84/100

JetBrains scores 84 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 3; legacy ones: 0.

How common is the JetBrains stack in its industry?

Share of the 177 companies in the same industries, whose stack Alion knows, that use each technology.

Java30%
LLM41%
Python52%
Kubernetes49%
AWS51%
Linux30%
C++20%
JavaScript63%
Azure32%
GitHub45%

What sets JetBrains apart

Ktor1%
Micronaut2%
Quarkus1%
DeepSpeed1%
JUnit4%
Langfuse3%
Megatron-LM1%
Objective-C2%
TestNG1%
VMWare3%

JetBrains products in its job postings

Postings at JetBrains name its own products. They describe what the company makes, so they are left out of the stack above.

Kotlin41
Kotlin Coroutines3
Kotlin Multiplatform2
TeamCity15

Questions about the JetBrains tech stack

What programming languages does JetBrains use?

The languages named in JetBrains job postings are Java (42%), Python (26%), C++ (9%), JavaScript (9%), SQL (7%), as a share of the 74 postings of the last 12 months.

Does JetBrains use Ktor?

Yes. Ktor is named in 5 of 74 job postings (7%) and required in 5 of them.

What cloud and platforms does JetBrains use?

The cloud and platforms named in JetBrains job postings are Kubernetes (11), AWS (9), Linux (8) (postings in brackets).

What skills do you need for a Backend job at JetBrains?

Backend postings at JetBrains most often require Java (9), C++ (3), Kubernetes (3), LLM (3), out of 15 postings in the last 12 months.

Is the JetBrains tech stack changing?

Yes. Clean Architecture, JUnit, Ruby, TestNG first appeared in JetBrains job postings in the last six months.

How modern is the JetBrains tech stack?

JetBrains scores 84 out of 100 (Cutting-edge). The score averages how current each technology in the stack is and adds weight for AI adoption. AI technologies in the stack: 3; legacy ones: 0.

How does Alion know the JetBrains tech stack?

Alion reads every job posting JetBrains publishes and tags the technologies each one names. The figures on this page count the 74 postings of the last 12 months and were updated on Sep 28, 2026.

Method and citation

Alion reads every job posting the company publishes and tags the technologies each one names. Shares count the postings of the last 12 months, open and closed; the company's own products are counted apart. How we count

Alion, "JetBrains tech stack: 153 technologies from 74 job postings", as of Sep 28, 2026. https://alion.io/company/jetbrains/technologies

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