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Introduction

A career in IBM Software means you’ll be part of a team that transforms our customer’s challenges into solutions.

 

Seeking new possibilities and always staying curious, we are a team dedicated to creating the world’s leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions for our customers. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our IBMers, so the door is always open for those who want to grow their career.

 

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

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.

Your role and responsibilities


  • As a software developer, you will be responsible for product development, maintenance, and support activities, ensuring high-quality deliverables.
  • Collaborate with Product Architects and Product Managers to understand priorities and drive execution effectively.
  • Design and implement advanced software systems, adhering to industry best practices.
  • Conduct and participate in software design and code reviews to ensure software quality and share knowledge with the team.
  • Engage in professional software engineering practices such as Agile development, Test-Driven Development (TDD), Continuous Integration (CI), and Source Code Management using tools like Git and GitHub.
  • Ensure high code quality by contributing to and participating in peer code reviews and maintaining robust code coverage.
  • Support bug fixes during testing phases and manage deployments to target environments.
  • Plan, create, and execute automated test cases, including load and performance testing, while maintaining comprehensive technical documentation.
  • Troubleshoot and debug customer-reported issues with a hands-on approach.
  • Continuously develop technical skills and share knowledge to contribute to the growth of the team’s expertise.
  • Maintain vigilance and compliance with software engineering standards, ensuring security, stack upgrades, and vulnerability-free releases.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise


  • Experience:
    • 10+ years of professional experience in software development.
    • Proven track record in architecting, designing, and delivering scalable software solutions.
  • Technical Expertise:
    • Proficiency in ReactJs, NodeJS and Microservices Architecture.
    • Hands-on experience with general-purpose programming languages such as Java, React, and NodeJS and Fullstack experience.
    • Strong foundation in Data Structures, Algorithms, and problem-solving skills.
    • Expertise in building RESTful APIs and SDK APIs using modern frameworks.
    • Proficiency in writing and executing unit tests and REST API automation.
  • Development & Design:
    • Experience in architecting and developing distributed systems, full-stack applications, or UI components.
    • Familiarity with DevOps practices, Containers (Docker/Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines, and Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) is a plus.
    • In-depth understanding of network protocols such as TCP/IP, HTTP, etc.
  • Tools & Frameworks:
    • Experience with version control systems like GitHub and build tools like Maven or Gradle.
  • Additional Skills:
    • Knowledge of scalable build/test/release infrastructure across the product lifecycle.
    • Quick learner with the ability to adopt and apply new technologies efficiently.
    • Strong sense of ownership and accountability for deliverables.
    • Knowledge on other programming languages like Rust, Go etc…

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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