Backend Developer

Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

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.
The role seeks good levels of personal organisation and the ability to work well within a distributed global team in a fast paced and exciting environment. You will be office based, working with senior software engineers who will help you integrate into the team, the department and wider IBM. You will be joining a development squad following Design Thinking and Agile principles where you are expected to collaboratively develop creative solutions. The work can be varied, flexibility to learn new technologies and skills is key as we look look to help grow your career within IBM. A positive attitude and a passion to succeed is essential in joining a high performing software development team at IBM. “””

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 9+ years experence in software development
• 5+ years of working experience with JAVA
• Must have Knowledge of Kubernetes, Open Shift, Dockers and container development
• Git and Jira
• Knowledge with Both SQL and NoSQL Database implementations
• Strong communication skills, able to explain complex security concepts to diverse audiences.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Commitment to quality and process improvement.
• Ability to streamline and innovate processes that may need improving.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Exceptional knowledge of data structures, algorithms, enterprise systems, asynchronous architectures, and object-oriented programming
• Experience with popular cloud providers including IBM, Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure and/or Google GCP services for compute, storage, and databases etc.
• Professional experience building REST APIs.
• Passionate and driven to design and implement scalable, programmatic solutions to complex problem
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Technical experience in building and delivering complex software systems
• Experience in working with customers, product management, and senior management to deliver value to the market.