Backend Developer

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
Do you have a passion for learning and applying modern software engineering practices? Are you excited to use these practices to deliver and manage mission critical services at scale? Are you a quick thinker? If so please read on.

Do you love to solve business problems with systems and integrations? Do you want every day to be a bit different and allow you to work with individuals across the spectrum of the organization? Then you just may be a fit for this critical software developer role.

IBM is trailblazing new solutions and services that span key technologies within the IBM Infrastructure portfolio. We are looking for experienced candidates focused on back-end development. As a software engineer the ideal candidate must bring a deep level of experience designing implementing and troubleshooting modern as-a-service and cloud capabilities.

In addition they are accountable as individuals and organizational leaders for delivering value by bringing relevant technology domain and implementation expertise in topics aligned with cloud platform integration orchestration & provisioning security and DevOps.

As an IBM software developer you are also expected to assist in the gathering of business and technical requirements to implement specific technologies while demonstrating progress on a regular basis and to partner with technical leads or project managers to identify and overcome blockers.

About the Team:
IBM Infrastructure offers clients the enterprise IT infrastructure they need to lead in the era of Hybrid Cloud and AI. The latest generation of IBM servers storage associated software and support – as well as our IBM Cloud Platform – can help clients modernize and scale on-premises and in the cloud with secure hybrid cloud and trusted AI automation and insights.

The successful candidate will be part of the IBM Infrastructure Platform organization with the following key responsibilities:

• Development and maintenance of key as-a-service capabilities
• Supporting customer/business requirements
• Developing tools for support teams to enable them to quickly respond to customer requests
• Helping service providers to successfully onboard onto Infrastructure platform capabilities
• Partnering with Global Teams to provide related production support

Job Duties:
IBM Infrastructure is a catalyst that makes the world work better because our clients demand it. Heterogeneous environments the explosion of data digital automation and cybersecurity threats require hybrid cloud infrastructure and enterprise automated intelligence that only IBM can provide.
As a critical member of the team tasked with delivering on above promise your day-to-day activities will include but may not be limited to the following:

• Developing knowledge of major cloud technologies and additional knowledge or experience in the areas of IT and/or cloud technology architecture
• Implementing modern tools and techniques to develop clean efficient and reusable code and actively participating in code and design reviews
• Identifying and addressing design development and delivery performance bottlenecks
• Leveraging monitoring tools to gain insight into performance or potential failure points and taking corrective action
• Defining implementing and executing unit tests (including automation)

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Knowledge of the IBM Cloud platforms or another as-a-service platform and its architecture
• Proficient with one or more project management tools – Jira Git
• Required Education
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or electrical and computing engineering.