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Introduction

The WebSphere eXtreme Scale team has an exciting opportunity for a Java Software Development Engineer in our fast-paced, agile development environment. As a member of an agile development team doing continuous functional delivery, this position will provide exposure to a variety of roles across the software development life cycle, including: design, code development, automated test development, customer experience, and debugging/resolution of issues identified by verification teams and customers.
As a Software Engineer in the Websphere  eXtreme Scale team you will explore the internals of Java, Garbage collector concepts, Java interpreter concepts & knowledge of bytecodes, sufficient understanding of platforms;  Linux, AIX, zOS, Windows,Node.js & latest cloud technologies, and optimize  language runtimes such as java (JVM) for On-Prem & cloud environments.

Your role and responsibilities
  • Core Java Development:
    • Write and maintain high-quality Java code for backend services and applications.
    • Focus on core Java concepts like collections, multithreading, exception handling, concurrency, and Java memory management to ensure the application is efficient and robust.

 

  • Performance Optimization & Troubleshooting:
    • Work on optimizing the performance of Java applications by integrating them effectively with WXS for data caching.
    • Debug issues in Java applications and the WebSphere eXtreme Scale environment.
    • Monitor the performance of WXS solutions and address bottlenecks or inefficiencies.
  • Testing & Quality Assurance:
    • Develop and execute unit tests to ensure the correctness of Java code and integration with WXS.
    • Collaborate with QA teams to ensure all components of the application are thoroughly tested and meet performance and reliability standards.
  • Documentation & Knowledge Sharing:
    • Write clear documentation for developed features, code changes, and troubleshooting steps.
    • Maintain up-to-date technical documentation related to Java code and the integration with WebSphere eXtreme Scale.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

 


* 2+ years of experience.
* Proven Java Programming knowledge (Java 8 or higher).
* Strong problem-solving skills and a desire to learn new technologies.
* Familiarity with object-oriented programming principles and basic software development concepts.
* Understanding of Operating System principles such as process management, memory management.
* Exposure to native programming in C/C++ or interest in learning for system-level programming or performance-critical applications.
* Familiarity with version control systems like Git for managing source code.
* Good communication skills and a willingness to work in a team environment.
* Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments is a plus.
* Comfort working in a Linux environment  for testing purposes.
* Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to debug both code and infrastructure issues.

Preferred technical and professional experience

* Distributed Systems Knowledge:
* Exposure to concepts like distributed caching, data grids, and scalability principles is a plus.
* Good presentation skills
* Knowledge of DevOps processes for agile development
* Ability to clearly communicate with customers and ability to listen/learn from them

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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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. 

 

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