Senior Software Engineer

Introduction

At IBM Software, we transform client challenges into solutions. Building the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. Our legacy of innovation creates endless opportunities for IBMers to learn, grow, and make an impact on a global scale. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration. You'll work with diverse technologies, partners, and industries to design, develop, and deliver solutions that power digital transformation. With a culture that values innovation, growth, and continuous learning, IBM Software places you at the heart of IBM's product and technology landscape. Here, you'll have the tools and opportunities to advance your career while creating software that changes the world.

Your role and responsibilities

End-to-end ownership of full‑stack components of our enterprise cryptographic platform, delivering secure, scalable user experiences and backend services that protect enterprise data in the era of quantum computing.

As a Senior Full Stack Developer, you will:

• Deliver end‑to‑end complex features using React (TypeScript) and backend services in Java / Go / Python
• Build advanced UIs using the Carbon Design System, applying modern React patterns
• Build VS Code extension and WebView UIs
• Implement secure and scalable REST APIs and event‑driven architectures
• Establish and enforce clean, maintainable code following established engineering guidelines and secure-by-design principles
• Mentor junior developers and conduct structured code reviews
• Drive adoption of frameworks, libraries, and tooling across the team
• Optimize applications for performance, scalability, and security
• Troubleshoot complex production issues with strong observability practices
• Contribute to system documentation, architecture diagrams, and design documents
• Design for testability; write and maintain unit/integration/e2e tests; contribute test data, environments, and automation as part of delivery.
• Participate in L3 support: triage incidents, perform root‑cause analysis (RCA), apply mitigations and improvements.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education
Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building enterprise applications
• Advanced expertise in React, including performance tuning, advanced Hooks, Context API, and state management (Redux/Context)
• Strong experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and frontend tooling (Webpack, Babel)
• Proficiency in either one of Java (Spring Boot) or Go (Gin/GORM) or Python
• Proven ability to implement microservices and design RESTful/gRPC APIs
• Knowledge of SQL/ NoSQL including data modeling and optimization
• Knowledge of TDD/BDD with JUnit, Jest, Mockito, Testcontainers
• Experience with Kafka and event‑driven architecture
• Knowledge of Docker and Kubernetes/Red Hat OpenShift (OCP)
• Proven experience mentoring developers and leading technical initiatives
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience with the Carbon Design System
• Familiarity with D3.js or other visualization libraries
• Knowledge of security best practices (OAuth2, JWT, encryption, secure coding)
• Practical experience with test automation
• Familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, or other monitoring tools
• Experience with Liquibase or schema migration tools
• Familiarity with cryptography concepts or secure coding practices
• Exposure to VSCode extension development

Years of Experience:
4-8