Senior Backend Developer

IBM Back-End Development Overview

Your Role and Responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

• Designing, developing, and testing in programming languages like Java and Python in a container environment
• Performing design and implementation reviews for other developers
• Participating in software design and code reviews to ensure a high level of software quality and share knowledge
• Working in a fast-moving and forward-thinking development environment that implements the latest technologies
• Adhering to professional software engineering practices using Agile Software Development, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Source Code Management (Git), and GitHub, ensuring good code coverage
• Supporting bug fixes during development/testing and deploying to target environments
• Planning, creating, and executing automated test cases and load/performance testing
• Developing automation testing and maintaining microservices
• Creating and maintaining technical documentation
• Handling and debugging customer issues, working with L2 support teams
• Contributing to the technical skills growth of team members and fostering strong collaboration

Required Education

• Bachelor's Degree

Preferred Education

• Master's Degree

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• At least 10+ years of relevant development experience
• Experience in working on a SaaS application with high industry-standard CI/CD and development cycles
• Expertise in Core Java, Java J2EE, Microservices architecture, and Python
• Experience in building RESTful API, SDK APIs using various frameworks
• Expertise in database technologies such as MongoDB, SQL, NoSQL, and Vector Databases
• Good understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift Container Platform, Ansible, Jenkins, Tekton
• Experience in writing/executing unit tests and REST API automation
• Working knowledge of version control systems like GitHub and build tools like Maven/Gradle
• Continuous learning ability and adaptability to change
• Strong sense of ownership of deliverables
• Leading teams and components as required
• Architecture experience
• Working across global teams and collaborating across organizational boundaries
• Finding innovative ways to solve complex problems with cutting-edge technologies

Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

• Experience working on Linux
• Experience in backup/data-protection and storage products
• Proficiency in cloud platforms - AWS and IBM Cloud
• Experience in using messaging brokers like Kafka
• Experience in JavaScript, ReactJS, TypeScript, HTML5, CSS
• Good knowledge of network fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, VPNs, routing, subnetting)
• Understanding of network security principles, including firewalls, encryption, identity and access management (IAM), and compliance standards
• Understanding of VMware networking
• Experience working with customers and customer-facing teams
• Excellent communication and presentation skills