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IT Trainee - Java developer

IBM

Software Engineering, IT

Košice, Slovakia

Posted on Mar 3, 2026

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

As an Application Developer specializing in Java and Web Technologies, you will design, develop, and support applications based on the Java/JEE technology stack. You will utilize Java frameworks and languages for web development, focusing on enterprise application development and system integration. Your primary responsibilities will include: • Assist with Application Development: Participate in designing, developing, and supporting applications using Java and web technologies. Learn to implement transaction management, manage Java objects, and integrate enterprise systems. • Explore Java Frameworks: Engage with Java frameworks and languages such as Ruby or Groovy for web development. Develop a basic understanding of dependency injection, inversion of control, and aspect-oriented programming. • Support DevOps Methodologies: Contribute to the adoption of DevOps methodologies and tools, learning to optimize application development and deployment processes. • Learn Test-Driven Development: Assist with implementing test-driven development practices, ensuring high-quality code and efficient testing processes. • Engage in Batch Processing: Participate in batch processing, managing data access frameworks, and transaction management frameworks.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Exposure to Java Development: Familiarity with designing, developing, and supporting applications using Java and web technologies, including Java/JEE technology stack. • Basic Understanding of Java Frameworks: Interest in Java frameworks and languages such as Ruby or Groovy for web development, with a curiosity about dependency injection, inversion of control, and aspect-oriented programming. • Introduction to DevOps Methodologies: Exposure to DevOps methodologies and tools, with a willingness to learn and participate in optimizing application development and deployment processes. • Awareness of Test-Driven Development: Basic understanding of test-driven development practices, with an interest in ensuring high-quality code and efficient testing processes. • Familiarity with Batch Processing: Exposure to batch processing concepts, including data access frameworks and transaction management frameworks.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Familiarity with Ruby or Groovy: Interest in utilizing Ruby or Groovy for web development, with a curiosity about scripting languages and their applications. • Exposure to Functional Programming: Basic understanding of functional programming concepts, with an interest in applying them to Java development. • Awareness of Aspect-Oriented Programming: Exposure to aspect-oriented programming principles, with a willingness to learn and apply them in Java development.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

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 500 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.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM 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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