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A career in IBM Software means you’ll be part of a team that transforms our customers’ 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.

IBM Intelligent Automation, powered by AI, addresses challenges by helping People become more productive, Businesses more scalable, and Systems more resilient. We combine human skills with automation and AI to enhance team productivity and improve decision making. We help companies digitize and intelligently automate and connect their business processes and systems end-to-end to improve business outcomes at scale. We assure that all of the applications and systems businesses rely on are always on and perform cost effectively to deliver the best possible user experience.


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.

Su función y responsabilidades

Keycloak is the leading open source Identity and Access management platform, and part of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). It provides a broad range of capabilities to secure applications in a cloud-native environment, such as single sign-on (SSO), identity brokering and user federation.

The Keycloak Core Clients team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to lead advancements in authentication protocols and security capabilities. In this role, you’ll enhance support for standards like OAuth2, OIDC, and SAML; improve features such as passwordless login, risk-based, and step-up authentication; and ensure the platform adapts to emerging security requirements. Your contributions will help strengthen Keycloak’s standing in the IAM ecosystem, including participation in industry specification working groups to influence and implement the future of identity standards.

  • Advance IAM and Open Standards: Design and implement authentication and authorization features in Keycloak, ensuring compliance with standards such as OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, SAML, FIDO2/WebAuthn, Passkeys, and mutual TLS (mTLS). Contribute actively to community working groups and industry specification efforts.

  • Enhance Cloud-Native Architecture: Collaborate on maintaining and evolving Keycloak’s core codebase with a focus on scalability, performance, and cloud-native deployment needs.

  • Security Compliance and Integration: Strengthen Keycloak’s alignment with industry security standards and improve interoperability across diverse application environments.

  • Support and Grow the Open Source Community: Promote best practices, refine security documentation, and improve onboarding processes while contributing to IAM-focused Special Interest Groups (SIGs).

  • Team Collaboration and Delivery: Engage in daily team operations including bug triage, test suite maintenance, sprint planning, customer support, and roadmap development.

Ensure Product Quality and Reliability: Design and implement automated tests and testing frameworks to validate functionality, scalability, and usability across diverse deployment scenarios. Identify and document bugs, contribute to test suite maintenance, and drive continuous improvement in quality assurance practices.

Educación requerida
Licenciatura
Educación preferida
Licenciatura
Experiencia profesional y técnica requerida


  • Minimum of 5 years of extensive Java development experience with strong proficiency in Jakarta EE.

  • Solid hands-on experience with token-based security protocols such as OAuth2 and OpenID Connect.

  • Strong foundational knowledge of cloud application development and security principles.

  • Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and collaborate effectively in team environments.

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

Experiencia técnica y profesional preferida


  • Familiarity with passwordless authentication solutions (e.g., Passkeys, WebAuthn, FIDO2).

  • Understanding of Zero Trust architecture and Confidential Computing principles.

  • Experience with mTLS authentication and mutual certificate-based security models.

  • Practical knowledge of Quarkus and reactive programming paradigms.

  • Previous contributions to open-source IAM, security, or cloud-native projects.

  • Proficient in Jenkins, CI/CD workflows, and pipeline development for automated testing and deployment

  • Familiarity with JavaScript and ReactJS

  • Quick learner with a proactive approach to troubleshooting and resolving technical challenges

Acerca de la Unidad de Negocios

IBM Software es la unidad de negocio que infunsiona inteligencia en las operaciones comerciales, desde el aprendizaje automático hasta la IA generativa, para ayudar a que las organizaciones sean más receptivas, productivas y resilientes. IBM Software ayuda a los clientes a poner la IA en acción ahora para crear valor real con confianza, velocidad y confianza en el trabajo digital, la automatización de TI, la modernización de aplicaciones, la seguridad y la sostenibilidad. Para lograrlo, es esencial aprovechar al máximo todos los datos disponibles, ya que la calidad y eficacia de la inteligencia artificial dependen directamente de los datos que la sustentan. En la mayoría de las organizaciones, los datos se distribuyen en múltiples nubes, en las instalaciones, en centros de datos privados y en el borde.La plataforma de datos e inteligencia artificial de IBM potencia y amplifica el impacto de la IA a través de datos confiables, ofreciendo capacidades avanzadas para entrenar, ajustar y desplegar inteligencia artificial a escala empresarial. Por su parte, la plataforma de nube híbrida de IBM se destaca como una de las soluciones más completas y consistentes, integrando desarrollo, seguridad y operaciones en entornos híbridos. Esta base flexible permite aprovechar los datos, sin importar dónde se encuentren, e incorporar la inteligencia artificial de manera profunda y estratégica en toda la organización.

SU VIDA @ 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?

Acerca de 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 500 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.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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