Back-end Developer (San Jose, CA)

IntroductionA career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customers 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 back-end 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 ResponsibilitiesYour main duties will include designing and implementing new features, optimizing and maintaining existing code, and ensuring the software meets high-quality standards through testing and debugging. You will also work closely with other developers, designers, and product managers to ensure the software meets user needs.• As a software developer, you will be responsible for designing, coding, unit-testing, and perform FVT for new functions while rigorously adhering to the team's development processes.• You will be responsible for working in close collaboration with the development and QA team to ensure that defects found in are fixed in a timely manner. The employee will be ultimately responsible for ensuring that any shipped code is delivered on schedule and with quality.• Another duty will be to analyze and fix defects in existing products.• Be part of open, transparent agile teams who always thrive for continuous learning and contribute towards continuous improvement.Required Technical and Professional Expertise• Experience with any one modern programming language like Java, Python and GO.• Experience with integrated development environments (eg: Eclipse, Visual Studio Code)• Experience with Source control management (eg Git): to enable teams to work together to manage changes to source code• Experience with containers, containers orchestration software, cloud platforms.• Knowledge/Experience with automating infrastructure, testing, and deployments using tools like Jenkins, Puppeteer, Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or any other automation framework• Knowledge of Deployment tools like Jenkins, Travis: for ensuring the latest software release is packaged correctly, tested, and deployed to an application server.Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise• Good hold on technology like Kubernetes, Microservices, Cloud Storage, delivery pipelines, and REST APIs. Experience with Microservices Architecture and design.• Strong understanding of diverse infrastructure platforms & concepts.• Knowledge and Expertise of leading development / QA projects.• Experience with any Cloud Platforms i.e. IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure