Full Stack Software Developer

Seeking new possibilities and always staying curious we are a team dedicated to creating the world’s leading AI-powered cloud-native software solutions for our customers. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our IBMers so the door is always open for those who want to grow their career.

We are seeking a skilled back-end developer to join our IBM Software team. As part of our team you will be responsible for developing and maintaining high-quality software products working with a variety of technologies and programming languages.

IBM’s product and technology landscape includes Research Software and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM where growth and innovation thrive.

IBM Cloud Core Platform Services is a growing agile dynamic organization building and operating leading-edge highly available and distributed cloud services in IBM Cloud. We’re looking for experienced cloud software engineers to join us. This technical role is focused on designing developing and deploying cloud security services automating wide ranges of tasks problem-solving interfacing with other teams offering managers and customers to solve complex problems.

You will be part of a strong agile and modern team culture driven to create world-class development and deployment environments delivering an industry leading user experience for our customers. As an integral part of the development team you will get an opportunity to contribute to the cloud services architecture and design while helping us mentor the next generation of cloud engineers.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Becoming an expert and major contributor for designs and implementation efforts of the IBM Cloud Platform Services ecosystem
• Developing highly available distributed cloud services with emphasis on security scalability and user experience using technologies like Java Node.js Golang Cloudant Redis Docker Kubernetes Istio and more.
• Identifying opportunities and acting on improving existing tools frameworks and DevSecOps workflows
• Documenting and sharing your experience with team members mentoring others

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in computer science Software Engineering or equivalent with minimum of 8 years of experience in Software Development At least 3 years’ experience working in Agile environment using Scrum or Kanban methodologies
• At least 6 years of hands-on development experience building applications with one or more of the following: Java Spring Liberty Node.js Express.js Golang NoSQL DB Redis distributed caches containers etc.
• At least 3 years of experience in UI development in React.js Redux Angular and JavaScript
• At least 3 years of experience building and operating highly secured distributed cloud services with one or more of the following: IBM Cloud AWS Azure DevSecOps SRE CI/CD Docker container orchestration performance testing DevOps etc.
• At least 3 years of experience in web technologies: HTTP REST JSON HTML Ajax JavaScript etc.
• Solid understanding of the micro-service architecture and modern cloud programming practices. Strong ability to design a clean developer-friendly API.
• Passionate about constant continuous learning and applying new technologies as well as mentoring others.
• Keen troubleshooting skills and strong verbal/written communication skills.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience in using messaging brokers like RabbitMQ Kafka etc.
• Operating Systems (such as Red Hat Ubuntu etc.)
• Knowledge of network protocols such as TCP/IP HTTP etc.
• Experience and working knowledge of version Control systems like Github and build tools like Maven/Gradle
• Ability to learn and apply new technologies quickly
• Experience in working on a SaaS application with high industry standard CI/CD and development cycle processes
• Strong sense of ownership of deliverables
• UI test automation skills – Selenium and/or Puppeteer
• Beyond the requirements candidates should be passionate about in the role:
• Continuous learning and ability to adapt to change
• Working across global teams and collaborating across teams and organization boundaries
• Finding innovative ways to solve complex problems with cutting edge technologies.