Cloud-Native Backend Engineer - Secure Compute

IBM; Markham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software is building the world’s leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. You will join a team focused on scalable backend services powering Confluent Cloud, operating across AWS, Azure, and GCP with emphasis on security, reliability, and performance.

The role involves architecting and shipping high-performance backend features, debugging complex stacks including containers and virtualization, and ensuring operational readiness to meet SLA

Qualifications

• 1+ years of backend design, build and support in production with strong code quality and documentation.
• Experience building backend systems serving user requests online.
• Proficiency in Python runtime environments.
• Strong programming and algorithms; proficient in at least one major language (Java/Go/C/C++/Python/Rust).
• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native tech.
• BS/MS/PhD in CS or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Build mission-critical backend services and features for customers.
• Troubleshoot and debug issues in a microservices, containers, virtualization stack.
• Ensure service availability and performance SLAs.
• Act as a strategic engineer for process improvements.

Skills

Python

Java

Go

Kubernetes

Cloud-native

Education

Master's Degree in CS

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

VMs/Virtualization

JVM/WASM

Job description

IBM Software is building the world’s leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. You will join a team focused on scalable backend services powering Confluent Cloud, operating across AWS, Azure, and GCP with emphasis on security, reliability, and performance.

The role involves architecting and shipping high-performance backend features, debugging complex stacks including containers and virtualization, and ensuring operational readiness to meet SLA