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Software Developer Java backend Senior professional

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IBM

Software Developer Java backend Senior professional

Dublin, Ireland

Introduction

A 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're looking for software development candidates to help shape the future of Data Virtualization on Prem and on the Cloud, of fundamental importance to IBM's strategic direction on IBM Cloud Pak for Data (IBM containerised database offerings) and IBM watsonx.data (IBM's lakehouse for AI workloads).

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The capability is the next gen of distributed, highly parallelized, enterprise data virtualization capability so key to the industry's future. You'll work alongside local and global (in Asia, Europe and North America) multidisciplinary teams of Developers, Architects, Engineers and Analysts creating the future of Big Data in the context of AI.

Your role and responsibilities

You will work alongside local and global teams of Developers, Architects, and Engineers creating the future of enterprise data management in the context of AI. You are a Back-End Developer, who will design, develop, maintain, and support complex product components on multiple platforms. As an ambitious individual who can work closely with a senior architect's direction, you have the ability to manage change and to work under pressure.

You are curious to learn, as demonstrated by your up-to-date technical knowledge. You are a capable team player, familiar with Agile methodologies and principles, or have experience working in an Agile team. We seek someone who will thrive in an open, dynamic, flexible, and collaborative environment; an individual who desires creative freedom along with the opportunity to work in a high performing enterprise software team.

As a Back-End Developer, you will:

  • Work in an Agile, collaborative environment to design, build, deploy, configure, and maintain IBM Data and AI data management software, including SaaS products on multiple hyperscalers.
  • Design and implement new features, optimizing and maintaining existing code in a variety of languages, including C/C++, SQL, Perl, Python, Go, and Java.
  • Ensure the software meets the quality standards of enterprise-grade, mission critical software.
  • Work closely with other developers, architects, designers, and product managers
  • Work with renowned IBM products, including open-source technologies.
  • Develop using object-oriented, and multi-threaded, and highly concurrent programming techniques.
  • Implement industry standards and best practices for security.
  • Develop SQL queries, and back-end database procedures and algorithms.
  • Participate in software design and code reviews.
  • Participate in, and adhere to, professional software engineering practices using such tools and methodologies as Agile Software Development, Test Driven Development, and Continuous Integration.
  • Create and maintain technical documentation.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

  • Advanced software development skills: Expert in Java and one more programming languages (e.g., C, C++, Python, Go Lang) with a strong understanding of software development lifecycle, design, and implementation.
  • Backend development expertise: Expert in developing, maintaining, and supporting sophisticated software systems, with a focus on high-quality code, Agile methodologies, and collaborative development practices
  • Technical leadership and collaboration: Proven ability to lead design and implementation of software components, work with cross-functional teams (e.g., Product Architects, Product Managers), and participate in code reviews to ensure software quality and knowledge sharing
  • DevOps and continuous delivery: Knowledgeable about containerized technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift), network protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, HTTP), and version control systems (e.g., Github, Maven/Gradle), with experience in automated testing, load/performance testing, and technical documentation.

Preferred technical and professional experience

  • Extensive experience in C/C++ and Java development, with a deep understanding of OOP concepts.
  • Advanced knowledge of distributed / HPC computing and BigData & Hadoop software stack: HDFS, Hive, HBase, Ambari
  • Proven experience compilers and / or RDBMs, with strong skills in system & low-level programming (TCP/IP, multi-threading, IPC) on the Linux platform.
  • Familiarity with Agile software development methodologies, and proficiency in developing and deploying on Cloud environments (e.g., AWS, IBM Cloud, Google Cloud, etc.).
  • Advantageous experience with federated data technologies like Gaian Db, and desirable experience with connectivity and ETL from multiple data sources.
  • Established expertise in leading globally distributed product-based engineering teams, with a proven track record of developing managing complex software systems.

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.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

Client-provided location(s): Mulhuddart, Dublin, Ireland
Job ID: IBM-10793
Employment Type: Other

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