Senior Backend Engineer: Cloud Networking & Systems

IBM; Markham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software is seeking software engineers to grow our Traffic team, building backend services that power Confluent Cloud networking. You will work on large-scale distributed systems, implement secure APIs, and own features end-to-end in a cloud-native, containerized environment.

We value 5–10 years of production backend experience, strong systems knowledge, and proficiency in Go, Java, or C++. A Master’s degree in CS or an equivalent track is preferred, with collaboration across

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience building distributed backend systems in production.
• Hands-on experience with designing and operating large-scale services with clear API contracts.
• Strong understanding of networking, OS, and storage for backend infrastructure.
• Proficiency in at least one language such as Go, Java, or C++; ability to work in others as needed.
• Experience with public cloud and containerized environments (Kubernetes).
• BS/MS in computer science or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate secure, reliable cloud-native backend services.
• Own features end-to-end: requirements, design, implementation, testing, rollout and improvements.
• Work with distributed systems and microservices focusing on performance and resilience.
• Contribute to service reliability, monitoring, and on-call processes where applicable.
• Collaborate with partner teams on architecture and data modeling across the platform.
• Write clean, tested, well-documented code and participate in code reviews.

Skills

Distributed systems

Backend development

Cloud infrastructure

Kubernetes

API design

Go

Java

C++

Networking

Team collaboration

Education

Master's Degree in Computer Science

BS/MS in computer science or related field

Tools

Go

Java

C++

Kubernetes

Job description

IBM Software is seeking software engineers to grow our Traffic team, building backend services that power Confluent Cloud networking. You will work on large-scale distributed systems, implement secure APIs, and own features end-to-end in a cloud-native, containerized environment.

We value 5–10 years of production backend experience, strong systems knowledge, and proficiency in Go, Java, or C++. A Master’s degree in CS or an equivalent track is preferred, with collaboration across