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Introduction
Introducing IBM watsonx Code Assistant for Z

IBM watsonx Code Assistant for Z is an AI-powered tool that transforms the way applications are developed and modernized on IBM Z systems. It leverages cutting-edge AI to automate routine tasks, modernize legacy code, and enhance developer productivity, bridging the gap between traditional enterprise systems and modern technology.

Why Join the Project?

  • Innovative Tech: Work at the intersection of AI and enterprise computing, driving the future of software development.

  • Real Impact: Help businesses accelerate digital transformation by modernizing their core systems.

  • Collaborative Growth: Team up with AI experts and Z engineers to create impactful solutions while expanding your skills in AI and enterprise systems.

 

If you’re a problem-solver passionate about AI, enterprise systems, or modernizing technology, this is your chance to shape the future of coding on IBM Z. Let’s innovate together!

Your role and responsibilities

  • Design, develop, test, and maintain scalable web applications and services.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, design, and deliver new features.

  • Build RESTful APIs and ensure seamless integration between frontend and backend.

  • Implement efficient database queries and manage database schema design.

  • Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following best practices.

  • Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve technical issues across the stack.

  • Participate in code reviews to ensure high-quality standards.

  • Contribute to the design and architecture of the software system.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

  • Backend Development: Hands-on experience with Java frameworks like Spring Boot or Hibernate.

  • Frontend Development: Experience with at least one modern JavaScript framework (e.g., React.js, Angular, or Vue.js).

  • Database Integration: Working knowledge of database management, including writing complex SQL queries.

  • API Development: Experience designing and consuming RESTful or GraphQL APIs.

  • Version Control: Proficient in using Git for collaboration and version control.

  • Testing: Writing and executing unit tests using tools like JUnit, or similar.

  • Project Lifecycle Knowledge: Exposure to SDLC and Agile methodologies.

Preferred technical and professional experience

  • Knowledge of microservices architecture and related tools (e.g., Spring Cloud).

  • Basic exposure to containerization tools like Docker or orchestration with Kubernetes.

  • Experience with NoSQL databases.

  • Familiarity with CI/CD tools like Jenkins or GitHub Actions.

  • Understanding of security best practices (e.g., OAuth2).

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence—from machine learning to generative AI—to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM’s AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM’s hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments—a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

 

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

 

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

 

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business. 

 

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

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