Software Developer
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 Software 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
Key Responsibilities:
- Design and develop robust, scalable applications using C/C++ and Java.
- Write efficient SQL queries and manage relational databases for data storage, retrieval, and performance tuning.
- Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle - requirement analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
- Optimize legacy systems and support migration or refactoring initiatives.
- Collaborate with DevOps, QA, and Product teams to ensure timely delivery of features.
- Troubleshoot production issues and implement solutions for continuous improvement.
- Follow secure coding practices and maintain software documentation.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
Required Skills:
- Strong programming experience in C/C++ and Java (Core & Advanced).
- Proficient in Relational Databases - strong knowledge of SQL, PL/SQL, triggers, procedures, and query optimization.
- Hands-on experience with tools like GCC, GDB, Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA, etc.
- Good understanding of Object-Oriented Programming (OOP), multithreading, memory management, and data structures/algorithms.
- Familiarity with Linux/Unix development environment and shell scripting.
- Experience with version control systems like Git.
Preferred technical and professional experience
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with performance tuning of large-scale applications.
- Knowledge of Java frameworks like Spring, Hibernate.
- Exposure to RESTful APIs, microservices, or messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ).
- Familiarity with CI/CD tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI).
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments.
ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT
IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence-from machine learning to generative AI-to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM's AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM's hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments-a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.
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YOUR LIFE @ 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.
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ABOUT 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 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.
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