Software Developer - Lowell, MA

Introduction
As a key member of our dynamic team you will play a vital role in crafting exceptional software experiences. Your responsibilities will encompass the design and implementation of innovative features fine-tuning and sustaining existing code for optimal performance and guaranteeing top-notch quality through rigorous testing and debugging. Collaboration is at the heart of what we do and you’ll be working closely with fellow developers designers and product managers to ensure our software aligns seamlessly with user expectations.
The role seeks good levels of personal organisation and the ability to work well within a distributed global team in a fast paced and exciting environment. You will be office based working with senior software engineers who will help you integrate into the team the department and wider IBM. You will be joining a development squad following Design Thinking and Agile principles where you are expected to collaboratively develop creative solutions. The work can be varied flexibility to learn new technologies and skills is key as we look look to help grow your career within IBM. A positive attitude and a passion to succeed is essential in joining a high performing software development team at IBM.

Your Role and Responsibilities
Your Role and Responsibilities
• Join a first-class software engineering product development team to design code test and deliver software supporting and enhancing one of IBM’s most successful enterprise-level Data Integration solutions using AI techniques and Agile software development methodologies.
• The ideal candidate will have a passion for software development with experience using Java Python Bash Script C++ and following Agile methodologies in a continuous delivery environment. Database knowledge will be big plus.
• The successful candidate will have a passion for building high-quality innovative and high performing distributed software in compliance with coding standards and technical design.
• The candidate will participate in requirements gathering sprint planning design and technical review to support overall achievement of business objectives.
• The candidate must have previous experience with software architecture and leading a team to develop more robust services and systems for product improvement and enhancements.

Job Responsibilities
• Participate in and lead the design and implementation of sophisticated software systems front end and backend with a focus on Java Python and C++ development.
• Participate in and lead software design and code reviews. Reviews include other Software Engineers and are held to ensure a high level of software quality and to share knowledge with team members.
• Participate in lead and adhere to professional software engineering practices using such tools and methodologies as Agile Software Development Test Driven Development Continuous Integration Source Code Management (git) and GitHub
• Participate in and lead the planning creation and execution of automated test cases and load/performance testing.
• Maintain a high level of proficiency with Computer Science/Software Engineering knowledge and contribute to the technical skills growth of other team members.
• Work well independently and as part of a team.
• Work as an Agile scrum team member and technical leader.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
• 10+ years of experience in Software Programming experience in Java C++ Python Shell.
• Experience designing and architecting software services and systems for web applications.
• Experience with microservices Docker Kubernetes or other cloud technologies.
• Experience with REST API concepts.
• Experience with continuous integration and deployment automation tools (CI/CD).

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
* Exceptional knowledge of data structures algorithms enterprise systems asynchronous architectures and object-oriented programming
* Experience with popular AWS Azure and/or GCP services for compute storage and databases etc.
* Experience developing Single Page Web Applications and frameworks like React or equivalent.
* Experience developing JS CSS HTML sites.
* Professional experience building REST APIs.
* Passionate and driven to design and implement scalable programmatic solutions to complex problem
* Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
* Technical experience in building and delivering complex software systems
* Experience in working with customers product management and senior management to deliver value to the market