Senior Real-Time Data Streaming Engineer

IBM; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software in Vancouver is seeking a Backend Software Developer to design, build, and operate large-scale infrastructure powering real-time data and AI-enabled platforms. Role focuses on distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and high-availability services, with opportunities to work across AWS/Azure/GCP stacks and real-time streaming workloads.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of industry experience designing, building, and supporting backend systems in production.
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and networking.
• Experience in building and operating large-scale, high-availability systems.
• Good understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and their services.
• Proficiency in Java, Scala, C++, Go, or other statically typed languages.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and operate large-scale, high-performance infrastructure that powers Confluent Cloud.
• Build foundational software to improve reliability, scalability, and efficiency across cloud environments.
• Work on distributed systems challenges such as consensus algorithms, failover strategies, and resource allocation.
• Collaborate with teams across Confluent to optimize and enhance infrastructure for real-time data streaming use cases.
• Troubleshoot and improve system reliability, observability, and performance across multiple cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP).

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

High availability

Java/Scala/C++/Go

Problem solving

Education

Master's Degree

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Java

Scala

C++

Go

Job description

IBM Software in Vancouver is seeking a Backend Software Developer to design, build, and operate large-scale infrastructure powering real-time data and AI-enabled platforms. Role focuses on distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and high-availability services, with opportunities to work across AWS/Azure/GCP stacks and real-time streaming workloads.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions in a fast-paced environment.