Senior Backend Engineer - Cloud Networking

IBM; Boston (KY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM is seeking software engineers to join its Confluent Cloud Traffic team, building and managing the networking fabric. You’ll design, build, and operate backend services in a cloud-native environment, owning features from concept to rollout, with a focus on performance and reliability.

You will collaborate across teams to improve platform velocity, resiliency, and API quality, while contributing to monitoring, on-call support, and code reviews to raise engineering standards.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years of experience building distributed, highly available backend systems in production; experience with cloud infrastructure is a strong plus.
• Hands-on experience designing and operating large-scale services with clear API contracts and end-to-end lifecycle ownership.
• Solid systems-level understanding of networking, OS, and storage tradeoffs relevant to backend infrastructure.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language, such as Go, Java, or C++, with the ability to work effectively in others as needed.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate backend services that are secure, reliable, and scalable in a cloud-native environment.
• Own features and projects end to end: requirements, design, implementation, testing, rollout, and ongoing improvements.
• Work with distributed systems and microservices, with a focus on performance, resiliency, and clear API contracts.
• Contribute to service reliability and operations, including monitoring, alerting, and on-call participation where applicable.
• Collaborate with partner teams on architecture, data modeling, and integration points across Confluent’s platform.
• Write clean, well-tested, and well-documented code, and participate in code reviews that raise the bar for the team.
• Help improve engineering practices, tools, and automation to make it easier and safer to ship code.
• Contribute to a healthy team culture through clear communication, inclusive collaboration, and a willingness to learn and teach.

Skills

Distributed backend systems

Cloud infrastructure

Programming language proficiency

Self-starter

Team collaboration

Education

BS/MS in computer science or related field

Tools

Go

Java

C++

Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

IBM is seeking software engineers to join its Confluent Cloud Traffic team, building and managing the networking fabric. You’ll design, build, and operate backend services in a cloud-native environment, owning features from concept to rollout, with a focus on performance and reliability.

You will collaborate across teams to improve platform velocity, resiliency, and API quality, while contributing to monitoring, on-call support, and code reviews to raise engineering standards.