A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm investigate ideas outside of your role and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.
In this role you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers) where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.
Collaborate with senior developers and team members to develop test and maintain Java applications.
· Assist in the design and implementation of new features and functionalities.
· Debug and troubleshoot software issues under the guidance of senior team members.
· Write clean maintainable and efficient code following industry standards.
· Participate in code reviews to ensure adherence to best practices.
· Learn and apply Agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban in a collaborative environment.
You'll have the opportunity to work with the latest technologies ensuring the applications delivered are high performing highly available responsive and maintainable.
Your primary responsibilities include:
•Analytical Problem-Solving and Solution Enhancement: Analyze validate and propose improvements to existing failures with the support of the architect and technical leader.
•Comprehensive Engagement Across Process Phases: Involvement in every step of the process from design development testing release changes and troubleshoot where necessary providing a great customer service.
•Strategic Stakeholder Engagement and Innovative Coding Solutions: Drive key discussions with your stakeholders and analyze the current landscape for opportunities to operate and code creative solutions.
· At least 1 year of experience in Java development including internships or academic projects.
· Familiarity with Java SE (Java 8+) and a basic understanding of object-oriented programming principles.
· Exposure to Java backend programming including basic concepts of REST and SOAP.
· Knowledge of at least one Java framework such as Spring Quarkus or Jakarta EE.
· Familiarity with modern Java build tools like Maven or Gradle.
· Understanding of basic microservice architecture principles and tools like Docker or Kubernetes.
· Exposure to RESTful web services and API design.
· Basic understanding of SQL and experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL MySQL or Oracle.
· Familiarity with version control systems preferably Git.
Development Tools and Practices:· Exposure to development tools such as Eclipse IDE Visual Studio Code or similar.
· Awareness of Agile methodologies (Scrum or Kanban) and tools like Jira or Trello.
· Willingness to learn and work with cloud platforms (AWS Azure or Google Cloud).
Soft Skills:· Strong willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies.
· Good communication and collaboration skills.
· A proactive mindset with attention to detail.
· Ability to work effectively in a team-oriented environment.
The ability to communicate in German is a major advantage.
· Basic knowledge of front-end technologies such as HTML CSS or JavaScript.
· Familiarity with Angular React or Vue.js.
· Exposure to DevOps concepts like CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins GitLab CI or GitHub Actions).
· Interest in learning Event-Driven Architecture using tools like Apache Kafka or RabbitMQ.