Staff System Development Engineer

Introduction

India Systems Development Lab (ISDL) is part of IBM Systems world-wide technology development lab. Established in 1996, the Lab is headquartered in India's Silicon Valley and startup hub - Bengaluru, with a strong presence in Pune and Hyderabad. Developers at ISDL deliver technology innovations across the entire Systems portfolio - z Systems, Power / OpenPOWER Systems and Storage. The team here works across the entire stack from processor design, firmware, operating system to software defined storage. The lab also focuses on innovations, thanks to the creative energies of the teams. The lab has contributed over 400+ patents in cutting edge technologies and inventions so far. While computing veers towards cognitive, cloud, mobile, social, and security, the lab has significantly contributed to not just new products focused in these areas, but has also ushered in new development models such as Agile, Design Thinking and DevOps. We are IBM Z/OSMF (Z Operating System, Management Facility), professionals working on Z Enterprise Systems that build simplied web based UI to manage various aspects of z/OS. It helps in improving productivity of z/OS System Programmers. It provides this ability through simplified , streamlined and automated tasks in the form of workflows that are quite easy to learn and use. z/OSMF provides both browser based and programmatic interfaces. It provide paltform and language independent REST APIs to write custom programs to manage the z/OS resources. z/OSMF also comes with various plugins to manage various aspects of z/OS. Users can get various functionalities of z/OSMF such as ServerPac Installation, guided software updates, services catalog and much more.

Your role and responsibilities

• Contribute to building the world's simplest and most efficient management system on IBM Z systems, empowering customers to seamlessly manage their resources. Play a key role in enhancing the z/OS Management Facility (z/OSMF) by delivering intuitive and powerful capabilities.
• Collaborate closely with all stakeholders to understand requirements and contribute to feature design. Implement innovative solutions for product initiatives.
• Write clean, readable, scalable, and efficient code, and conduct rigorous unit and functional testing.
• Review components and associated pull requests, providing constructive feedback on changes made by team members.
• Identify test scenarios and build comprehensive test cases, including unit tests, functional tests, and integration tests.
• Integrate test automation into workflow processes.
• Perform testing activities in virtual or real environments across various levels, including component, system, and system-level integration testing.
• Participate in weekly sprints, provide status updates to the Iteration Manager, and coordinate and deliver sprint demos.
• Ensure timely delivery of user stories associated with product initiatives.
• Identify, triage, and resolve defects discovered during various testing phases.
• Communicate effectively and promptly while collaborating with both local and remote team members and stakeholders.
• Seek opportunities for client engagement and lead discussions with clients and stakeholders under the guidance of the Product Owner.
• Drive product hygiene activities by adhering to organizational security practices, conducting accessibility testing, and managing product builds.
• Develop and enhance the continuous integration environment to automate the delivery pipeline.
• Mentor junior team members in resolving technical challenges and support leadership in adhering to organizational processes

• Minimum of 7+ years of experience in Python-based backend or full-stack development roles.
• Proficient in Python programming, with hands-on experience in developing RESTful APIs and using template engines such as Jinja.
• Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks and libraries like PyTorch and TensorFlow; strong foundation in mathematical and statistical principles, including model training.
• Exposure to emerging technologies such as Prompt Engineering, Agentic AI, and Large Language Model (LLM) concepts.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills; adept at identifying root causes and participating in code reviews.
• Knowledge of unit testing, functional testing, and system testing frameworks and tools.
• Experience integrating frontend applications with backend services via RESTful APIs.
• Understanding of security development tools and secure coding practices.
• Proven experience in software development within Agile environments.
• Hands-on experience with DevOps tools such as Git, Jenkins, Maven, and Jira.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with experience leading and mentoring development teams.
• Effective collaboration across cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities; capable of managing priorities in a dynamic work environment

• Understanding of z/OS architecture and z/VM.
• Dump analysis using Interactive Problem Control System (IPCS).
• Ability to interpret system logs and dumps for effective troubleshooting and root cause analysis.