IBM Senior Software Engineer 

Ireland 

292125912

• Work as part of an agile team, accurately estimating and then delivering complex features.
• Develop microservice-based application components.
• Build SaaS solutions.
• Work extensively with Java and cloud native tools, applying principles of object-oriented design.
• Provide technical leadership for end-to-end project design and development.
• Build and maintain REST API endpoints.
• Design and develop automated tests to prevent regressions.
• Provide thorough, professional documentation of new features and software as it is developed.
• Contribute to architecture and technical design discussions and code review in collaboration with other teams.
• Consult with product management team about user needs and software requirements.
• Participate in customer calls and provide assistance to support team to help address technical issues.
• Communication, organization, critical, analytical thinking and research skills are critical in this role.
• The tech stack includes: Java, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Consul, Kafka, Protobuf/gRPC, REST, React, Redshift and ThoughtSp

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Strong demonstrated experience developing enterprise-level software as well as providing testing and support to software applications.
• Special skills and knowledge that would be very helpful for the position:
• Proficiency in Java and REST APIs
• Experience with relational databases, schema design and SQL
• Excellent communication skills, team collaboration and critical thinking
• Thorough understanding of data structures, algorithms, and object-oriented design.
• Databases
• Background with web application stack and common design patterns in web framework
• Must have strong communication and team working skills.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Experience with multiple cloud services, AWS, Azure, Google, including IBM Cloud. Cloud certifications: AWS, Azure, GCP
• Experience with VMWare, HyperV or similar hypervisor vendor technologies
• Experience with APM tools such as AppD, Dynatrace, Instana
• Experience with JavaScript and one or more modern JS UI frameworks
• Experience with distributed source control systems such as Git and Mercurial.
• Experience with test-driven development and frameworks.
• Familiarity working in a DevOps model