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SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

AT IBM
IBM

SOFTWARE 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 -powered, -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 software 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 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
As a key member of our dynamic team, you will play a vital role in crafting exceptional software experiences. Your responsibilities will encompass the design and implementation of innovative features, fine-tuning and sustaining existing code for optimal performance, and guaranteeing top-notch quality through rigorous testing and debugging. Collaboration is at the heart of what we do, and you'll be working closely with fellow developers, designers, and product managers to ensure our software aligns seamlessly with user expectations.

Come join our team as an IBM Runtimes Open-Source team Developer. You will join the hundreds of developers actively contributing to our public GitHub projects, using industry standard tools like Git, ZenHub, Jenkins, and Slack. Our development lifecycle and activities, from concept to delivery, happen openly in collaboration with community developers and researchers and we support building your own developer identity and influence in the various programming languages and runtimes communities. As an IBM developer, you of course have access to the full range of IBM teams and technologies, so you are able to influence the whole stack optimization efforts in IBM, from hardware design to OS to language runtime to middleware to cloud and cloud native applications.

The IBM Java Runtimes development team is adept, enthusiastic, curious, and works in the C/C++ and Java programming languages. We work on a variety of processor architectures (x86, POWER, z/Architecture, ARM, RISC-V) and operating systems (Linux, Windows, macOS, AIX, z/OS). Our IBM Java (Semeru) runtime is the foundation of several thousand IBM products running in virtually every geography and industry; our customers include many of the world's largest corporations.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

  • Software development Expertise: Strong background in software development, demonstrating expertise in the C/C++ programming languages using modern collaborative development tools such as Github
  • System level programming Experience: Work experience writing system software such as compilers, virtual machines, device drivers, or hardware control software
  • Multi-platform development experience: Experience developing in at least 2 environments, such as Windows, Linux and/or Mac
  • Strong sense of Autonomy: Demonstrates ability to take charge of personal learning and development in order to achieve level of competency in a new coding project rapidly
  • Basic working knowledge of Java: Demonstrated some skill programming in the Java programming language and an understanding of the larger Java ecosystem.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

  • Open Source Development familiarity: Demonstrates the practical understanding of the norms of behaviour in a large Open Source Development project.
  • Mutliple Operating systems proficiency: Practical experience working across multiple Operating systems and architectures such as Windows, Linux, MacOS, AIX, or z/OS.
  • Cloud Technology Proficiency: Experience with cloud-based technologies, showcasing familiarity with modern cloud ecosystems and tools.

Client-provided location(s): Markham, ON, Canada
Job ID: IBM-21251870
Employment Type: Full Time

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