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IBM Backend Developer in Kochi, India
Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sales. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, join us!
Your Role and Responsibilities
Who We Are:
Our industry-leading data integration platform for designing, developing and running jobs that move and transform data are used by many of the world's largest organizations in Banking, Insurance, Healthcare, Manufacturing industries and Govt. and Public sector. Our software development engineers and architects can turn ideas into reality, with a focus on innovation and development of new technology. Our strategic product development team creates and delivers exciting features that impact the businesses.
What You'll Do:
As a Software Developer on the data integration platform development team, you will contribute to the design and implementation of new functionality and enhancements in the application's core server and engine components, Administrator and Designer UI etc. Responsibilities will also include designing, coding, and unit testing enhancements, fixing defects found in early development cycle, investigating and resolving issues found during function, system, integration and performance tests. As part of the software engineering team you will be responsible for ensuring that every version of the product that is released exceeds the high level of quality that our customers demand. You'll work alongside global and local multidisciplinary teams of Developers, Architects, Engineers and Analysts focused on the next generation of solutions.
Your Role and Responsibilities:
As a Backend developer you will be responsible for development, maintenance and support of the Data Integration applications through the full systems development lifecycle.
Participate in the design and implementation of sophisticated software systems.
You will work with the Product Architects, Product Managers to understand various priorities and work towards the execution.
Participate in software design and code reviews. Reviews include other Software Engineers and are held to ensure a high level of software quality and to share knowledge with team members.
Participate in, and adhere to, professional software engineering practices using such tools and methodologies as Agile Software Development, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Source Code Management (GitHub) etc.
Ensure good code coverage, and support bug fixes during testing and deployment to target environments.
Participate in the planning, creation and execution of automated test cases, and load/performance testing. Create and maintain technical documentation and work with L2 support team in debugging customer issues and providing issue resolution and code fixes.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Graduate or post-graduate in Computer Science or related Engineering field.
6+ years of professional software development experience.
Proficient in C/C++ development in Linux environment with system programming background (Concurrency, IPC, Memory Management etc.) and knowledge of Java programming language
Very good theoretical and conceptual knowledge of software engineering and hands-on experience in designing and implementing highly available, scalable and performant fault-tolerant distributed systems.
Good knowledge of Linux OS and system architecture, data structures and debugging tools like gdb, Valgrind etc.
Experience working with one or more Relational & NoSQL databases like DB2, Oracle, MSSQL, MongoDB etc. and Messaging systems like MQ, Kafka etc.
Knowledge of data representation, serialization, exchange, translation and modelling languages like XML, XML Schema, XSLT and JSON
Knowledge of one or more scripting languages like Shell, Perl, Python etc.
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Robust knowledge of data structures, algorithms, enterprise systems, asynchronous architectures, and object-oriented programming.
Working knowledge of Relational Database and Messaging Systems.
Understanding of diverse infrastructure platforms & operating systems like Windows, AIX, RedHat Linux etc.
Awareness of containerization technologies like Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to tackle challenging technical issues.
About Business UnitIBM's Cloud and Cognitive software business is committed to bringing the power of IBM's Cloud and Watson/AI technologies to life for our clients and ecosystem partners around the world. IBM provides you with the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security and operations across hybrid environments-with complete software solutions for business and IT operations, development, data science, security, and management. Our experts and software capabilities help organizations develop applications once and deploy them anywhere, integrate security across the breadth of their IT estate, and automate operations with management visibility. With IBM, you also have access to new skills and methods, governance and management approaches, and a deep ecosystem of industry experts and partners.
This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.
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