Senior Cloud-Native Backend Engineer & Tech Lead

IBM; Poughkeepsie (AR); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM is seeking an experienced backend engineer to own the design and implementation of complex backend services in a cloud-native environment. You will drive projects from requirements and design through implementation and production operations, ensuring reliability and scalability across distributed systems.

We value strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), modern programming languages, and a commitment to operational excellence.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry experience designing and supporting backend systems with a solid grasp of software engineering practices.
• Strong knowledge of cloud services, programming languages, and operational excellence is required.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the design and implementation of complex backend services in a cloud-native environment.
• Drive projects end to end from requirements and design through implementation and ongoing operation in production.

Skills

Cloud-Native

Distributed Systems

Backend Development

Microservices

Observability

Technical Leadership

Tools

Python

Java

Go

C

C++

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

IBM is seeking an experienced backend engineer to own the design and implementation of complex backend services in a cloud-native environment. You will drive projects from requirements and design through implementation and production operations, ensuring reliability and scalability across distributed systems.

We value strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), modern programming languages, and a commitment to operational excellence.