Software Developer

IBM

IBM

Software Engineering

Austin, TX, USA

Posted on Apr 10, 2026
Introduction

Ready to grow your career in the Cloud? Want to have a feeling that you are making a difference? This is your chance to become an integral part of a dynamic team of talented professionals developing and deploying innovative, industry-leading, cloud-based services.

IBM Cloud Core Platform Services is a growing, agile, dynamic organization building and operating leading-edge, highly-available, and distributed cloud services in IBM Cloud. We're looking for experienced cloud software engineers to join us. This technical role is focused on designing, developing and deploying cloud services, automating wide ranges of tasks, problem-solving, interfacing with other teams to solve complex problems.

You will be part of a strong, agile, and modern team culture driven to create world-class cloud services, delivering an industry leading user experience for our customers. As an integral part of the development team, you will get an opportunity to contribute to the cloud services architecture and design while helping us mentor the next generation of cloud engineers.

Your role and responsibilities
Your Role and Responsibilities
  • Becoming an expert and major contributor for designs and implementation efforts of the IBM Cloud Platform Services ecosystem
  • Developing highly-available, distributed cloud services, with emphasis on security, scalability and user experience using technologies like AI, Java, Node.js, Golang, Cloudant, Postgres, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes, Istio and more
  • Reading open specifications and RFC documents and converting them to design docs and implementation
  • Identifying opportunities and acting on improving existing tools, frameworks and workflows
  • Documenting and sharing your experience with team members, mentoring others
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

Education & Experience:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience), with 10+ years of professional software development experience delivering complex, enterprise-grade systems.
  • Backend & Distributed Systems Development:
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and building production-grade applications using one or more of the following: Java, Node.js, Golang, and modern data stores such as NoSQL databases, Redis, and distributed caching systems.
  • Proven experience designing and operating highly available, fault-tolerant, and secure distributed systems at scale.

Cloud Platforms & Operations:

  • 5+ years of experience building, deploying, and operating cloud services on platforms such as IBM Cloud, AWS, or Azure, with strong proficiency in containers, Kubernetes, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, performance testing, and service reliability engineering.

Web & API Technologies

  • 3+ years of experience working with modern web and API technologies, including HTTP, RESTful services, JSON, HTML, and JavaScript.
  • Strong ability to design clean, developer-friendly, and well-documented APIs, with a solid understanding of microservices architecture and modern cloud-native design patterns.

AI in Software Development

  • Demonstrated experience leveraging AI technologies across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) to improve productivity, code quality, operational efficiency, or customer outcomes in enterprise software delivery.

Technical Leadership & Collaboration

  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze complex systems and drive issues to resolution.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to diverse audiences.
  • Passion for continuous learning, applying emerging technologies, and mentoring engineers to raise overall team capability.
Preferred technical and professional experience
  • Prior experience in Billing, Rating, or Order Management systems within large-scale enterprise or cloud platforms.
  • Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • Experience supporting customer-facing or partner engagements, including troubleshooting, architectural guidance, and driving platform adoption.
  • Demonstrated experience serving as a technical lead, influencing architecture and design decisions, and guiding teams in the development of highly scalable and distributed systems.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

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 offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being

- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs

- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law

- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals

- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

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