Senior Software Development Engineer - Back End

Introduction
At IBM work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities

The Apptio Team is looking for a Software Engineer to help us build the innovative Finops products. The right candidate will be an expert Java developer with strong SQL knowledge preferably familiar with frontend development. We’re developing a scalable performant cloud-native FinOps solution running on AWS using a microservices architecture (backend and frontend). We own the entire lifecycle of the product from requirements clarification through design and implementation to production deployment and support.

As part of the team

• You will be leading the development and delivery of important features in a SaaS environment to help our customers manage and optimize their cloud spend.
• You will own significant portions of our team codebase and participate in setting strategic direction for the project.
• Your main duties will include designing and implementing new features optimizing and maintaining existing code and ensuring the software meets high-quality standards through testing and debugging.
• You will also work closely with other developers designers and product managers to ensure the software meets user needs and modern non-functional requirements.
• You will also be asked to be on on-call shifts from time to time.

Please note that we expect you to be at IBM Kraków office min. 2 times a week.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Java software engineer with 7+ years of experience
• Strong in Core Java Collections skills with 5+ years of experience. Experience on Java 13+ features such as Records Pattern matching Sealed classes etc.
• Extensive experience on microservice frameworks (Springboot Quarkus Serverless preferrable Dropwizard)
• Good knowledge of the design patterns applicable to big data (batch and stream processing)
• Experience of Dropwizard AWS and Snowflake are highly desirable (Elasticsearch Logstash & Kibana)
• Experience of Flowable or similar BPMN/CMMN tooling also highly desirable
• Knowledge of front-end technologies like React (micro-frontend)
• Familiarity with CI / CD (Github Actions ArgoCD) Git / GitHub
• Familiarity with Docker/containerization technologies
• Familiarity with cloud service providers (Azure GCP preferable AWS)
• Proven track record in an agile SDLC in a large-scale enterprise environment
• Knowledge of FinOps and SaaS products an added bonus!

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Experience with:

• Experience with AWS or other public cloud technologies
• Experience with Dropwizard Quarkus
• Experience with SQL and NoSQL database implementations
• Familiarity working in a DevOps model (you develop you own)