IBM Z Ecosystem Software Engineer, Digital Platforms (Full Stack Web D

Introduction
As a Software Engineer you will have the opportunity to shape and transform the digital experience of our large and thriving global IBM Z ecosystem and take it to new heights! You are the type of person who is passionate about staying up-to-date on the latest digital developments and trends and delivering innovative and impactful digital experiences. To be successful you must be highly motivated detail-oriented growth minded and a self-starter with a strong business acumen who knows how to get things done at big companies through influence collaboration and partnering effectively across functional areas. In addition you must have expertise as a full stack web developer with advanced HTML CSS JavaScript/TypeScript knowledge and design skills. A strong sense of urgency and the ability to prioritize and manage a complex workload are essential.

As a Software Engineer you will be an essential part of the team that designs develops and manages client-facing digital platforms with compliance to IBM digital marketing and business guidelines.

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Designing and implementing new features and functionality for digital platforms
• Ensuring high-performance and availability of platforms features and APIs
• Closely working with other teams including marketing to ensure SEO design security standards & legal requirements are met
• Integrating with other existing systems through APIs and middleware layer
• Partnering with stakeholders to determine and implement digital strategies that serve as a basis for achieving user experience objectives and business metrics
• Managing digital reporting and tracking requirements to support programs as required spanning activities and events registrations form creation usage participation gamification etc. Conduct analysis of data and trends for executive level reporting
• Developing and managing various aspects of digital platforms related to usability functions/features and user interface from a design perspective working with internal stakeholders
• Sharing best practices and insights with internal / external stakeholders and gain alignment as needed for implementation and testing of new digital function/features
• Providing oversight for digital experience and governance; making recommendations to increase digital efficiencies improve or resolve operational issues extend digital reach and improve ROI (e.g. digital outage contingencies digital site compliance leverage best practices and programmatic approaches etc)

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Expert in front-end technologies including HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript TypeScript and modern web frameworks
• Expert in Angular or React development (5+ years Senior level)
• Expert in Node.JS and Typescript development (5+ years Senior level)
• Expert in designing and developing responsive websites (mobile-first)
• Experience with micro frontends and web components
• Experience & knowledge of how to interact with RESTful APIs and their security/sessions/logging aspects
• Experience in integration with 3rd party platforms/solution through REST APIs
• Experience with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator
• Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
• Comfortable with settings up and working with reverse proxies web servers and database layer
• Proven problem solving skills
• Demonstrated effective communication skills
• Demonstrated teamwork
• Highly self-motivated and resourceful
• Aptitude to learn and apply knowledge quickly
• Readiness to work in US Eastern time zone
• English: Fluent

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Working knowledge of IBM zSystems and LinuxONE
• Both Angular and React.JS knowledge
• Basic DevOps knowledge (Travis / Github Actions)
• Python knowledge
• Agile Scrum expertise
• Jira experience