Software Developer - CONTRACTOR CONVERSION

Your role and responsibilities

• Build scalable cloud-native services that solve new and existing business challenges and customer needs.

• Dive into complex architectures and research and identify new technologies to solve tough problems.

• Influence multiple teams and hold a high bar for systems architecture, operations, and quality.

• Partner with product managers, user experience designers, and other engineers to achieve high-quality solutions.

• Mentor and foster career growth for junior engineers.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• 10+ years of experience in enterprise level software architecture, design, development (architecture, design patterns, reliability, and scaling) of new and current systems

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field

• Computer Science fundamentals in data structures, algorithm design and problem solving.

• Extensive knowledge and deep understanding of one or more programming languages such as Java, C#, Python and related technologies

• Experience with modern software development methodologies: Agile/Kanban, CI/CD, DevOps, etc.

• Proficiency in full stack product development

• Proficiency with REST APIs

• Experience with AWS and/or other public cloud technologies

• Experience with relational DBs (query optimization, index generation, caching) and NoSQL DBs

• Proven ability to own features from concept to design to production

• Proficiency with SDLC best practices for coding standards, reviews, code management, testing, and release

• Keep up-to-date technically and apply new knowledge to the job.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience creating features and services that support cost optimization of service offerings from cloud vendors such as Azure, AWS, GCP and IBM

• Ability to take full ownership of the entire feature lifecycle, from initial concept and design to launch and production, ensuring seamless execution and high-quality delivery

• Ability to lead teams in finding technical solutions to current and upcoming business needs and exploring alternative solutions

• Proven ability to resolve issues with strong customer focus and written/ verbal communication skills

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.

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.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

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 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.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

Client-provided location(s): Bogota, Colombia

Job ID: IBM-59120

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-09-18T18:46:44