Entry Level Back End Developer: 2025

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
Start dates for this role are as early as January 2025 with additional start dates throughout 2025.

When working in this abstract fast pace and continuously changing tech world resilience commitment and curiosity serve as the foundation for success as an IBM Developer.

You will participate in many aspects of the software development lifecycle such as design code implementation testing and support. You will work to create software that is of high quality and meets our clients’ needs. You will also have the opportunity to become a contributor within Open Source communities across multiple disciplines.

In your role you will be supported by mentors and coaches who will encourage you to challenge the norm investigate ideas outside of your role and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground-breaking impact for the wider business our external clients & their customers. Our culture of flexibility and freedom are pillars that embrace long-term career growth and learning opportunities in an environment that highlights your unique skills and experience.

As a Backend Developer you will:

• Knowledge working with client-server architectures networking protocols application development and using databases.
• Create Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that are clean well-documented and easy to use.
• Design and code servers services applications and databases that are reusable scalable and meet critical architecture goals.
• Have an understanding of or experience with Agile development methodology.
• Create and configure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Software as a Service (SaaS) applications. Design and implement large scale systems and Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) that enable continuous delivery.

Who You Are:

• Highly motivated and have a passion for creating and supporting great products.
• Thrive on collaboration working side by side with people of all backgrounds and disciplines and you have very strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Great at solving problems debugging troubleshooting designing and implementing solutions to complex technical issues.
• Have a basic understanding of software development and programming languages.
• Have the ability to learn new skills quickly and use the skills efficiently.

The positions are IBM US Office-based including the below locations. Opportunities in these locations will vary based on demand. Limited opportunities available in our NYC office.

Tucson AZ
Rochester MN
RTP NC
San Jose CA
Poughkeepsie NY

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Must have basic knowledge in one or more of the following technology areas: C++ C Java Ruby Python Perl SQL.
• Knowledge working with servers applications and databases.
• Familiarity with APIs.
• Basic knowledge of operating systems and how they work (i.e. Operating systems courses); Container technologies; Internet Services; and/or Managed Services.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Minimum of 3 months experience in one or more of the following technology areas: C++ C Java Ruby Python Perl SQL.
• Minimum of 3 months experience with APIs.