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Evgeny Kot

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Head of Engineering at JetBrains
📍 Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal

Evgeny is the Head of Engineering for TeamCity at JetBrains, with 19 years of technical experience and a history of scaling teams and achieving significant revenue growth in senior leadership roles at companies like Rarible. He holds a Masters degree in Computer Science and is a certified Google Developer Expert.

Outside of his engineering leadership, Evgeny is a certified psychologist, a public speaker on technology and management, and a musician. He actively contributes to the tech community, notably serving as a mentor and speaker for the Women Developers Academy to help others grow their careers in the field.

He is both a high-level engineering leader and a trained psychologist, using this unique combination to build high-performing, collaborative team cultures.

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Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Head of Engineering
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
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Engineering Leadership
His career is defined by scaling engineering departments, growing leaders, and enhancing development lifecycles at companies like Rarible and Wrike.
Developer Psychology
As a certified psychologist, he focuses on team dynamics, motivation, and building resilient, collaborative engineering cultures.
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Career

Work history

3-2026
Head of Engineering
JetBrains
2-2023 - 3-2026
VP of Engineering
Rarible
7-2019 - 2-2023
Director Of Development
Wrike
6-2016 - 7-2019
Engineering Manager
Wrike
6-2015 - 2-2023
Public Speaker
Wrike
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Education
10-2018 - 10-2022
Psychology
Moscow Gestalt Institute
2004 - 2010
Master's degree
Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University "LETI"​
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