Software Support Engineer (Regular)
We are #VLteam – tech enthusiasts constantly striving for growth. The team is our foundation, that’s why we care the most about the friendly atmosphere, a lot of self-development opportunities and good working conditions. Trust and autonomy are two essential qualities that drive our performance. We simply believe in the idea of “measuring outcomes, not hours”. Join us & see for yourself!
About the role
Provide first-class technical support for all IntelliJ Platform-based IDEs. The team handles and investigates requests arriving through the web portal, in-product feedback, social media, and community forums. Typical work includes:
– analysing performance, indexing, file-system and networking issues
– reading IDE logs, thread dumps, and CPU / memory snapshots to localise bugs
– inspecting Java / Kotlin source code inside the IntelliJ Platform to understand execution flow
– triaging YouTrack issues, escalating potential high-impact defects to development, and relaying user feedback to Product Management and QA.
Java, Kotlin, Scala, IntelliJ Platform API, Linux / Windows / macOS administration, TCP/IP, DNS, OSI networking, JVM diagnostic tooling (jstack, async-profiler, Visual VM), Version-control systems (Git), Docker, WSL
Deliver accurate root-cause analysis under SLAs; balance deep code-level investigation with clear customer communication; keep pace with a rapidly evolving IDE platform and plugin ecosystem; coordinate with distributed development and QA teams to resolve urgent, high-visibility issues.
Three specialists from our side, embedded, QA, and Engineering groups.
What we expect in general:
- Good technical IT background. It may be a mixture or combination of the following areas in different depths
- OS administration skills: understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, OSI model); Linux, Windows, macOS architecture and administration: startup scripts, network, performance monitoring, technical troubleshooting
- Software development skills: JVM-languages are preferable (Java, Kotlin, Scala)
- Technical troubleshooting skills
- Experience in support roles
- Understanding of what Integrated Development Environment is and professional interest in this field OR Familiarity with IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, WebStorm, or other IDEs
- Understanding of Cloud systems technologies (Kubernetes, Terraform, YAML and Clouds subsystems) and Development Environments technologies (Docker, Dev Containers, SSH and IDE Run Targets.)
- Experience working with Version Control systems: Git, Mercurial, Subversion
- Interest in customers’ communications and desire to advance in this area
- To not be afraid of possible challenging communications with customer, be kind and have an honest desire to help
- Good command of English (at least B2/C1)
Seems lots of expectations, huh? Don’t worry! You don’t have to meet all the requirements. What matter the most is your passion and willingness to develop. Apply and find out!
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