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Introduction

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.

We are seeking a skilled Senior Software Engineer to join our Red Hat JBoss Web Server Software Engineering team. As part of our team, you will be responsible for providing technical leadership for the Red Hat JBoss Web Server (JWS) and Red Hat JBoss Core Services (JBCS) products, which are Red Hat’s builds of Apache Tomcat and the Apache HTTP Server (httpd) respectively. You will work with a variety of technologies and programming languages to maintain and develop high-quality software products.

Votre rôle et vos responsabilités

As a key member of our dynamic team, you will play a vital role in crafting exceptional software experiences. Your responsibilities will include providing technical leadership and C language expertise for the product portfolio, with a primary focus on the Apache HTTP Server (httpd) and its ecosystem of dependencies, particularly on the Windows platform. You will leverage this expertise to maintain the stability of Windows-based components, fine-tune and sustain existing code for optimal performance, and develop solutions for complex security concerns or functional updates. Ensuring superior quality will be a key aspect of your role. This will be achieved by partnering with Software Quality Engineers (QE) to develop robust testing procedures and effective debugging strategies.

Collaboration is at the heart of what we do. You will engage deeply with our upstream communities, Product Security team, Customer Support, and our Software Quality Engineers (QE) to ensure the delivery of exceptional products. You will also be responsible for significant mentorship and guidance to other team members and junior engineers.

Formation requise
Licence
Formation préférée
Licence
Expertise professionnelle et technique requise
  • Software Development Expertise: A strong background in software development, demonstrating expert knowledge of the C language and its supporting toolsets.
  • Windows Platform Proficiency: Extensive knowledge of the Windows development platform, including experience managing Windows VM infrastructure and actively tracking forthcoming platform updates to ensure product preparedness. Proficiency with Java Native Interface (JNI) and Windows services, particularly Apache Commons Daemon (procrun), would be highly advantageous.
  • Web Server and Cloud Technology Proficiency: Deep and broad knowledge of web servers, specifically the Apache HTTP Server.
  • Technical Leadership and Mentorship: Demonstrated experience leading technical initiatives or teams is required. You must have proven experience mentoring and technically leading other engineers.
  • Software Packaging Expertise: This role also requires extensive experience with software packaging, particularly expertise with packaging software in RPMs and zip files.
  • Collaborative Team Player: A strong passion for Open Source and leadership in open collaboration best practices. You must have the ability to work seamlessly as part of a highly distributed, remote team.
Expertise professionnelle et technique préférée

  • Open Source Contribution Participation: Proficiency and involvement within the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) ecosystem are critical components of this position. Prior experience is highly desirable, and Committer status within the Apache HTTP Server project is preferred.

  • In-Depth Component Knowledge: Familiarity with key Apache HTTP Server dependencies, specifically on the Windows platform, including openssl, apr, curl, expat, etc and knowledge of the Apache Tomcat connectors, mod_jk and the ISAPI redirector for Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) web server.

  • Scripting Proficiency: In addition to C expertise, extensive experience with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or Groovy are a plus.

À propos de la Business Unit

IBM Software insuffle de l'intelligence dans les opérations métier de base, de l'apprentissage automatique à l'IA générative, afin d'aider les organisations à être plus réactives, plus productives et plus résilientes. IBM Software aide ses clients à mettre l'IA en action dès maintenant pour créer une valeur réelle avec confiance, rapidité et assurance dans les domaines du travail numérique, de l'automatisation informatique, de la modernisation des applications, de la sécurité et du développement durable. La capacité d'utiliser toutes les données est essentielle à cet égard, car l'IA ne vaut que ce que valent les données qui l'alimentent. Dans la plupart des organisations, les données sont réparties entre plusieurs clouds, sur site, dans des centres de données privés et à la périphérie. La plateforme d'IA et de données d'IBM met à l'échelle et accélère l'impact de l'IA avec des données fiables, et fournit des capacités de pointe pour entraîner, régler et déployer l'IA dans l'ensemble de l'entreprise. La plateforme cloud hybride d'IBM est l'une des approches les plus complètes et les plus cohérentes en matière de développement, de sécurité et d'opérations dans les environnements hybrides : une base flexible pour exploiter les données, où qu'elles se trouvent, afin d'étendre l'IA au coeur de l'entreprise.

VOTRE VIE CHEZ 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?

À propos d'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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