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Introduction

We are seeking a skilled developer to join our IBM MQ Software development team. As part of our team, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining high-quality software, working with a variety of technologies and programming languages.

 

The role requires a good level of personal organisation and the ability to work well within a distributed global team in a fast paced and exciting environment.


The MQ team employs agile development practices with all team members actively engaged in the planning, development, testing and usability related tasks owned and delivered by their 'Delivery Team'. Preferred candidates will be enthusiastic, highly motivated team players who have software skills/experience and demonstrate a genuine desire and aptitude to perform the multi-disciplinary activities inherent in a Software Engineering role.  The work performed will have a high degree of technical content, is diverse and challenging yet always rewarding.

 

If you love technology, a technical challenge, being part of a successful team and want to make a difference to how global business meets the demands of moving data around the world quickly, securely and reliably then Messaging is for you.

 

 

Your role and responsibilities

Successful candidates will have strong coding skills and a desire to learn full stack development, including but not limited to Feature Development, Testing and Customer Support.  Candidates should also be comfortable working as part of a global team and possess good verbal & written communication skills.

 

A successful individual for this role should possess:

  • A passion for designing and implementing high quality code.
  • Strong analytical and problem solving expertise.
  • Ability to take ownership of tasks, proactively driving them to their completion.

**Please note - This position requires working onsite a minimum of 3 days per week at our Hursley location

 

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
  • 5 years experience in software development.
  • Good skills in C/C++, Java & Ansible.
  • Knowledge in Shell Scripting, Perl or Python
  • Good working knowledge of Linux and Windows platforms.
  • Ability to pick up product and technical skills quickly.
  • Passion to develop code, solve complex engineering problems and help customers.

 

Preferred technical and professional experience
  • Exposure to development / diagnostic tools and processes (Eclipse, git, GDB, VisualSudio, Windbg, Wireshark)
  • Exposure to agile development methodologies and tools (git / Salesforce)
  • Exposure to DevOps development will be plus

 

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.

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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.

 

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ABOUT IBM

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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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