Software Developer - Backend

at  IBM

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 key member of our dynamic team, you will play a vital role in crafting exceptional software experiences. Your responsibilities will encompass the design and implementation of innovative features, fine-tuning and sustaining existing code for optimal performance, and guaranteeing top-notch quality through rigorous testing and debugging. Collaboration is at the heart of what we do, and you’ll be working closely with fellow developers, designers, and product managers to ensure our software aligns seamlessly with user expectations.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 4+ years of experience
• Experience with any one modern programming language like GO, Python, Java, Scala
• Good hold on technology like Kubernetes, Microservices, Cloud Storage, delivery pipelines, and REST APIs.
• Experience with integrated development environments eg: Eclipse, Visual Studio Code
• Experience with Source control management eg Git: to enable teams to work together to manage changes to source code
• Knowledge of Deployment tools like Jenkins, Travis: for ensuring the latest software release is packaged correctly, tested, and deployed to an application server.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Team Player: Collaborates effectively with colleagues, contributing positively to group efforts and fostering a supportive work environment to achieve common goals.
• Problem-Solving Skills: Utilizes logical thinking and creativity to analyze challenges, identify root causes, and implement efficient solutions to overcome obstacles in coding projects.
• Strong sense of Autonomy: Demonstrates ability to take charge of personal learning and development in order to achieve level of competency in a new coding project rapidly

About Business UnitIBM Watson Machine Learning provides a full range of tools and services allowing users to build, train, and
deploy Machine Learning models. IBM Watsonx.ai is our enterprise-ready AI and data platform designed to
multiply the impact of AI across customers’ business including support for new foundation models,
generative AI and machine learning. This position is part of the team responsible for building and managing
these exciting products.
As a software developer, you will be responsible for: Designing, coding, unit-testing, and perform FVT for
new functions while rigorously adhering to the team’s development processes. Working in close
collaboration with the development and QA team to ensure that defects found in are fixed in a timely
manner. The employee will be ultimately responsible for ensuring that any shipped code is delivered on
schedule and with quality.
Another duty will be to analyze and fix defects in existing products. Be part of open, transparent agile teams who always thrive for continuous learning and contribute towards
continuous improvement.
Your Life @ IBMIn 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 IBMIBM’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.
Location StatementMust have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.
This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.
Being You @ IBMIBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and 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, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status

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