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Backend Developer

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IBM

Backend Developer

Markham, Canada

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 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.

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Your Role and Responsibilities

The IBM Sustainability Software business unit is seeking talented and motivated Software Developers to work as a senior backend developer on Sustainability Software Intelligence Suites. In this role, you will be responsible for enhancing & building new product capabilities. You'll closely collaborate with the broader Product Management, Design, Development & Support team using Scrum agile methodology. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to IBM's Sustainability Software.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

  • Total experience of 9+ years.
  • 8+ years experience developing, deploying, debugging of Java / J2EE applications and Python.
  • 8+ years experience with developing micro-services using REST or GraphQL APIs.
  • 6+ years experience with database systems including SQL or NoSQL data stores.
  • 4+ years Experience in development and design of CI/CD & other automation frameworks.
  • Proven oral/written communication and organizational skills.
  • Ability to multi-task and re-prioritize under pressure.
  • Be involved and take ownership of end-to-end delivery - from solution design, estimation, development, testing and deployment.
  • Uphold quality standards including reliability, efficiency, security, maintainability and usability by applying best practice processes, methodologies and tools,
  • Contribute to engineering discussions across our platform.
  • Collaborate with Product Managers, UX Designers, Engineers and QA to design, develop and deploy new platform features and functionality for our SaaS product.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

  • 6+ years of relevant experience with technologies like Spring boot, NoSQL DB , Git, Jenkins and build tools like Maven/Gradle is much preferred.
  • 4+ years experience cloud-native technologies including Docker containers, Kubernetes orchestration, or OpenShift.
  • Familiarity with Cassandra, Mongo, ElasticSearch, Flink and/or Kafka.
  • Familiarity with other programming models and open standards.
  • Understanding of Agile Development principles and practices.

Client-provided location(s): Markham, ON, Canada
Job ID: IBM-21110815
Employment Type: Full Time

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