Senior Software Developer

Introduction

Back-end developers are primarily responsible for the development of server-side software. The Backend developers help design, develop, and integrate solutions using best practice technologies, tools, techniques, and products our clients demand today. Whether you are working on projects internally or for a client, a backend developer is critical to the success of IBM and our clients worldwide. At IBM, you will use the latest software development tools, techniques and approaches and work with leading minds in the industry to build solutions you can be proud of.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a Backend developer you will be responsible for Design, Development and testing of an IBM Cyber Resilience product through the full systems development lifecycle on both SaaS and Hybrid Cloud platforms. You will work in an agile, collaborative environment across software architecture, understanding both client-side development as well as the server-side development.

We seek an applicant who will thrive in an open, dynamic, flexible, fun, spirited, collaborative environment; an individual who desires creative freedom and the opportunity to work in a high performing team.

Responsibilities

• Design/development/testing in programming languages like Java, python in Container environment.
• Perform design and implementation reviews for other developers.
• Participate in software design and code reviews to ensure a high level of software quality and also to share knowledge with the team members.
• Work in a fast moving and forward-thinking development environment that is constantly researching and implementing using the latest technologies. 
• Participate in, and adhere to, professional software engineering practices using such tools and methodologies as Agile Software Development, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Source Code Management (git), and GitHub. Ensure good code coverage.
• Support bug fixes during development/testing and deploy to target environments.
• Participate in the planning, creation and execution of automated test cases and load/performance testing.
• Regularly develop automation testing and maintenance of microservices.
• Create/maintain technical documentation. Hands on experience in handling and debugging customer issues, work with L2 support team.
• Maintain a high level of proficiency with Computer Science/Software Engineering knowledge and contribute to the technical skills growth of other team members.
• .Good team player.
  
  

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• 6+ years of relevant Development experience
• Experience in working on a SaaS application with high industry standard CI/CD, and development cycle processes.
• Expertise in Core Java, Java J2EE, microservices architecture, Python.
• Experience in Building Restful API, SDK APIs using different frameworks.
• Expertise of database technologies such as mongoDB/SQL/NoSQL/Vector Databases.
• Good understanding of Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift Container Platform, Ansible, Jenkins, Tekton.
• Experience in writing / executing Unit Tests and REST API automation.
• Experience and working knowledge of version Control systems like Github and build tools like Maven/Gradle.
• Continuous learning and ability to adapt to change.
• Strong sense of ownership of deliverables.
• Architecture experience.
• Working across global teams and collaborating across teams and organization boundaries.
• Finding innovative ways to solve complex problems with cutting edge technologies..
  
  

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Experience in Backup/Data-protection, Storage products.
• Proficiency in cloud platforms - AWS and IBM Cloud.
• Experience in using messaging brokers like Kafka etc.
• Experience in Javascript, ReactJS, Typescript, HTML5, CSS.
• Good Knowledge of network fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VLANs, VPNs, routing, and subnetting etc)
• Understanding of Network security principles, including firewalls, encryption, identity and access management (IAM), and compliance standards.
• Understanding of VMware networking.
• Experience working with customers and/or customer facing teams.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.