Build Systems Engineer - Python

Introduction
At IBM Watson orders 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
This role is looking for a talented engineer to help own manage and develop the common runtime and build tooling for the IBM Watson Orders offering.
The core responsibilities of an engineer in this space are:
– Own the core build tooling for our Python monorepo built with pants.
– Develop and maintain internal build tool plugins and development environment tooling.
– Own and develop the integration of our python tooling stacks: python 3.8 pytest flake8 pylint mypy 150+ pypi libs
– Provide integration support for IDEs in our build and test environment (VSCode IntelliJ)
– Develop and maintain engineer-facing build test profile static analysis and release tooling
– Serve as an owner in the continuous process of maintaining the canon of “Best Practices” including the policy judgement made around code style documentation conventions calling patterns and library use including identifying and migrating to common third-party
libraries where appropriate.
– Educate the engineering teams on best practices and where possible automate enforcement and migrate existing code to ensure compliance
– Define and maintain the environment defined by a “correct” checkout of the dev environment the associated automated tooling as wellas the “correct” integration with various IDEs and profiling tooling
– Provide technical support and training to engineers on the use of the development environment

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 5+ years of professional experience in Python
• 3+ years of experience in Linux environments
• 3+ years of professional experience in Bash Shell Scripting
• Quick learner and ability to quickly add value to the team

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Strong knowledge of python language runtime and ecosystem
• Experience with tooling in monorepos
• Pants or similar core build system

What we offer:

• Working for a top 5 IT company according to Forbes 2022 best employers ranking
• International and prestigious projects
• Highly skilled teams of experts
• Wide range of IBM trainings and certificates
• Access to Udemy Harvard Business Review O’Reilly Interskill IBM AI Skills Academy

And what is more:

• Contract of employment
• Competitive compensation – salary range depending on your skills and experience
• Private medical care and life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sport charity & other networking groups
• Summer / winter camps for children
• Discounts with IBM employee badge
• Referral Bonus Program
• Home office option
• No dress code