Software Developer

Introduction

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 that only IBM can provide.Your ability to be creative, a forward-thinker and to focus on innovation that matters, is all support by our growth minded culture as we continue to drive career development across our teams. Collaboration is key to IBM Infrastructure success, as we bring together different business units and teams that balance their priorities in a way that best serves our client's needs.IBM's product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive.IBM Cloud Core Platform Services is a growing, agile, dynamic organization building and operating leading-edge, highly available, and distributed cloud services in IBM Cloud. We're looking for experienced cloud software engineers to join us. This technical role is focused on designing, developing and deploying cloud services, automating wide ranges of tasks, problem-solving, interfacing with other teams to solve complex problems.You will be part of a strong, agile, and modern team culture driven to create world-class cloud services, delivering an industry leading user experience for our customers. As an integral part of the development team, you will get an opportunity to contribute to the cloud services architecture and design while helping us mentor the next generation of cloud engineers.

Your Role And Responsibilities

• Becoming an expert and major contributor for designs and implementation efforts of the IBM Cloud Platform Services ecosystem
• Developing highly available, distributed cloud services, with emphasis on security, scalability and user experience using technologies like Golang, Java, Node.js, Cloudant, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, Istio and more.
• Reading open specifications and RFC documents and converting them to design docs and implementation
• Identifying opportunities and acting on improving existing tools, frameworks and workflows
• Documenting and sharing your experience with team members, mentoring others
  

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering or equivalent
• At least 3 years of hands-on development experience building applications with one or more of the following: Java, Node.js, Golang, NoSQL DB, Redis, distributed caches, containers etc.
• At least 3 years of experience building and operating highly secured, distributed cloud services with one or more of the following: IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure, Docker, container orchestration, performance testing, DevOps etc.
• At least 1 years of experience in web technologies: HTTP, REST, JSON, HTML, JavaScript etc.
• Solid understanding of the micro-service architecture and modern cloud programming practices. Strong ability to design a clean, developer-friendly API.
• Passionate about constant, continuous learning and applying new technologies as well as mentoring others.
• Keen troubleshooting skills and strong verbal/written communication skills.
  

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Bachealor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering or equivalent
• Knowledge of the IBM Cloud platforms or another as-a-service platform and its architecture
• Experience as technical lead managing team of engineers in driving development of highly scalable distributed system
• Proficient with one or more project management tools – Jira, Git, Aha, etc