Senior Software Engineer - App Connect Enterprise (ACE)

Paradigm; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Paradigm is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - IBM App Connect Enterprise to advance integration architectures and delivery across enterprise-scale projects. The role focuses on ACE message flows, REST/SOAP services, and event-driven patterns, with deployment on Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift, and CI/CD automation.

The ideal candidate will bring 4+ years of ACE experience, strong Java/ESQL skills, and a solid background in integration patterns, MQ, and data transformation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.
• 4+ years of software engineering with 4+ years hands-on experience with IBM App Connect Enterprise (ACE).
• Working knowledge of ESQL, Java, message flows, DFDL, and data transformation.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing REST APIs and service orchestration.
• Solid understanding of integration patterns (synchronous, asynchronous, pub/sub, event-driven).
• Hands-on experience with IBM MQ, HTTP integrations, JDBC, and file-based flows.

Responsibilities

• Apply and contribute to integration patterns, standards, and best practices (REST, SOAP, MQ, Kafka, event-driven integration).
• Develop ACE message flows, sub-flows, message models, and integration services.
• Evaluate and recommend integration technologies.
• Deploy ACE solutions on containers, Kubernetes/OpenShift, or on-prem environments.
• Implement CI/CD automation for integration services (Git, Jenkins, Tekton, UrbanCode, or equivalents).
• Troubleshoot integration issues, performance bottlenecks, and runtime errors.
• Optimize message flows and improve reliability, resiliency, and throughput.
• Lead end-to-end execution of projects and features of moderate complexity.

Skills

ACE (IBM App Connect Enterprise)

Java

REST API design

CI/CD

Troubleshooting

OpenShift / Kubernetes

IBM MQ

Data transformation (DFDL/ESQL)

Performance tuning

Software design fundamentals

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Jenkins

Git

IBM MQ

Job description

Paradigm is seeking a Senior Software Engineer - IBM App Connect Enterprise to advance integration architectures and delivery across enterprise-scale projects. The role focuses on ACE message flows, REST/SOAP services, and event-driven patterns, with deployment on Docker/Kubernetes/OpenShift, and CI/CD automation.

The ideal candidate will bring 4+ years of ACE experience, strong Java/ESQL skills, and a solid background in integration patterns, MQ, and data transformation.