Java Software Engineer

Your role and responsibilities

As a key member of our team, you will play a vital role in crafting exceptional software experiences. Your responsibilities will encompassthe design and implementation of innovative product features as well as improving existing code for optimal user experience and quality.
Collaboration is at the heart of what we do, and you'll be working closely with fellow developers to ensure our software aligns seamlessly with user expectations.

Be you, join us.
We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our IBM team in Sofia. The responsibilities of the role include the demonstration of exceptional communication skills to IBM clients, other IBM employees, and IBM management, timely updates for client situations, ability to effectively manage multiple complex situations, and an eagerness to gain deep technical product knowledge.

Being part of this team, you will be responsible for:

• Development and testing new features for Universal Messaging product
• Maintenance of existing Universal Messaging product releases
• Software development, testing and maintenance on multiple platforms including Windows, Linux and OS X
• Engaging in the continuous integration, delivery and sustaining processes in the company
• Participation in internal team education and knowledge sharing sessions

What's in it for you?

• Company-paid training and certifications
• Access to fully functional lab facility for education purposes and problem recreation
• Work in a team with leading specialists
• Company support for home office equipment
• Competitive remuneration package
• Diverse job role structure giving opportunities for growth within the team
• Hybrid working model with flexibility to work from home on a regular basis
• A workplace in an open, friendly hi-tech environment
• Recognition awards
• Additional health coverage
• Special offers and discounts/ corporate badge program
• Did we mention free coffee, snacks?
• Eco friendly travellers are welcome to the office - parking places for bikers and monthly allowance for transportation are available to all employee
• Referral bonus program

A person interested in this role should have the desire to become a technical expert in one or more components with leading edge, open source, cloud and virtualization technologies and frameworks while becoming an effective communication channel between IBM clients and IBM management.

The product:
Universal Messaging is a fast, secure messaging for enterprise applications and beyond. It is the 'glue' that connects operational systems, both within organizaion and also to the outside world - suppliers, customers, partners, and cloud.
It supports lightning fast, secure, and guaranteed communication of messages and events across all major protocols and standards, with inter-protocol transformation and messaging APIs for all the most common platforms.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• At least 1 year of practical experience
• Degree in Computer Science or another relevant field
• Strong development skills and knowledge in Java
• Experience with Git source code management system
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Background in concurrency, synchronization, memory or CPU profilingntage;
• Hands-on experience with GitHub actions, Docker and Kubernetes will be considered as an asset

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 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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