Cloud Platform Backend Engineer — Scale & Reliability

IBM Computing; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software is seeking experienced backend engineers to design, build, and operate scalable cloud-native services. You will own critical components across multi-tenant architectures, drive reliability, and lead cross-functional initiatives for next-gen data platforms.

The role emphasizes leadership, strong programming skills in Python/Go/Java/C++, and hands-on experience with cloud services (AWS/GCP/Azure) and container ecosystems.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in backend design, build, and production support.
• Strong Python runtime and package management knowledge.
• Proficiency in Python, Go, Java or C/C++.
• Experience running services in AWS/GCP/Azure with containers.
• Leadership track: drive projects and coordinate teams.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with observability and incident response.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the design and implementation of complex backend services and systems in a cloud-native, microservices-based environment.
• Make architecture and technical decisions that balance reliability, scalability, performance, and operability, and clearly communicate the tradeoffs.
• Drive projects end to end: from requirements and design through implementation, rollout, and ongoing operation in production.
• Improve service reliability and operations by defining SLOs/SLAs, strengthening observability, and participating in on call as needed.
• Collaborate across teams to define APIs, integration points, and data models that keep the platform coherent and evolvable.
• Identify and drive platform and productivity improvements (tooling, automation, process) that raise the bar for the broader engineering organization.
• Mentor and support other engineers through code reviews, design reviews, and technical guidance, helping grow the team’s capabilities.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, inclusive collaboration, and high technical standards.

Skills

Python

Go

C/C++

Java

Cloud (AWS/GCP/Azure)

Docker/Kubernetes

Observability

Leadership

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

IBM Software is seeking experienced backend engineers to design, build, and operate scalable cloud-native services. You will own critical components across multi-tenant architectures, drive reliability, and lead cross-functional initiatives for next-gen data platforms.

The role emphasizes leadership, strong programming skills in Python/Go/Java/C++, and hands-on experience with cloud services (AWS/GCP/Azure) and container ecosystems.