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# Backend Customer Success Engineer (Kotlin Ecosystem) -

- **Company:** JetBrains GmbH
- **Location:** München, Germany (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Architectural Patterns, Gradle, Java Virtual Machine (JVM), Apache Maven, Backend, Kotlin, Build Tools, Codebase, Microservices
- **Published:** July 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.de/details/5711190468

## About the Role

Technical expertise

 * Extensive hands-on experience with Kotlin, Java, and the JVM ecosystem
 * Proven experience migrating Java backend codebases to Kotlin
 * Experience with the Spring (Boot) ecosystem or similar frameworks (e.g., Quarkus, Micronaut, Ktor)
 * Solid understanding of build tools and project structuring, including Maven and Gradle

Communication and customer engagement

 * Experience in customer-facing technical roles such as Solutions Engineering, Developer Advocacy, or Technical Consulting
 * Strong English communication skills, both written and spoken
 * Ability to lead workshops, demos, talks, meetups, and other public-facing activities
 * Comfort with outbound engagement, including identifying target companies, articulating value propositions, and building relationships with engineering teams
 * Ability to effectively communicate with engineers, tech leads, and business stakeholders

System design and architecture

 * Ability to design and guide Kotlin adoption strategies for backend applications
 * Experience designing backend systems using common architectural patterns (e.g., monolith, modulith, microservices)

## Description

* Track and maintain visibility into organizations and their stage of Kotlin adoption (e.g., not started, evaluating, experimenting, production)
 * Proactively engage with organizations across different phases of their Kotlin adoption journey
 * Develop and recommend high-level adoption strategies tailored to each organization's context
 * Identify and document blockers that hinder progress and propose ways to address them
 * Establish and manage feedback loops with development teams to ensure continuous alignment and improvement


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