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Introduction

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Your Role and Responsibilities

Who We Are:

We're looking for software development candidates to help shape the future of IBM data management portfolio of fundamental importance to IBM's strategic direction on hybrid data management offerings for IBM DB2 (https://www.ibm.com/products/db2) , IBM Cloud Pak for Data (https://www.ibm.com/products/cloud-pak-for-data) and watsonx.data (https://www.ibm.com/products/watsonx-data) (IBM's lakehouse for AI workloads).

The capability is the next generation of distributed, highly parallelized, enterprise data systems capabilities 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, Dev Ops and Analysts creating the future of enterprise data management in the context of AI.

Who You Are:

workings, including SQL, no-SQL and API based data access. You are proficient in one or more programming languages e.g. C/C++, Java, Golang. You may have direct experience working with some open-source data management systems such as Spark, Hive or Hadoop. You are aware and attentive as to performance implications as well as the user experience of what you create. You are relentless in seeking out opportunity to innovate and automate to maximise you and your team productivity through Agile and DevOps principles. You have strong communication skills; describe yourself as: self-motivated, hardworking, and reliable. Because we will depend on you for our joint success. You are passionate about technology and software, you have extremely strong analytical, problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. The IBM values, culture and high-performance environment resonate with your growth mind set.

What You'll Do:

IBM Data and AI division are looking for a developer to join a team developing IBM's data management portfolio on a flexible multi-cloud data platform.

You will join a squad integrated into a wider, geographically distributed, organisation, you will participate in the development of the next generation of distributed, highly parallelized, enterprise data management capability for your squad's mandate on a flexible multi-cloud data platform. We are looking for skilled developer, with an understanding of RDBM systems, a familiarity with existing data management stacks and strong communication skills. Being self-motivated, hardworking, problem solving, with a focus on quality and performance are keys to succeeding.

The successful candidate will be expected to deliver incremental value to our product in their area of expertise to deliver product on a regular cadence. Our product must be ship ready on our sprint boundaries, usually a two-week cadence. You will be co-owner with senior leaders in architectural activities such as requirements gathering and solution definition to meet our customers' needs.

Embracing your inner drive, persevering through challenges, and striving for excellence are the powerful ingredients that can propel you towards achieving your goals and realizing your full potential. You will be a technical visionary for the technology area you work in.

The successful candidate will be expected to technically lead and coach a team in their area of expertise to deliver product on regular release cycles.

Architectural actives include requirements gathering and solution architecture definition to meet our customers' needs. You will drive patentable value add to our offerings

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Advanced software development skills: Expert in one or more programming languages (e.g., Java, C, C++, Python, Go Lang) with a strong understanding of software development lifecycle, design, and implementation.

• Solid understanding of high performance, distributed systems implementation techniques.

• 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 Expertise

• BSc or MSc in a technical discipline

• Extensive experience in C/C++ and/or 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 UnitIBM 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.

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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.

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Are you ready to be an IBMer?

About IBMIBM'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.

Location StatementIBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.

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