Senior Software Engineer II - Cloud Platform (Remote)

International Business Machines Corporation; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 131,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits

401(k) plan

Stock purchase program

Generous paid time off

Parental leave

Training and certifications

Diversity and inclusion groups

Job summary

IBM Software is seeking a skilled infrastructure engineer to design and evolve high‑scale cloud infrastructure. You will work with Go, Kubernetes operators, and modern cloud ecosystems to build secure, observable platforms that power AI‑driven cloud services.

You’ll collaborate across teams to enable rapid, safe deployments and take ownership of availability and performance across global regions. The role emphasizes automation, reliability, and strong Linux networking fundamentals, with

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills in Go, Java, or Python and ability to read, debug, and evolve existing code.
• Deep understanding of systems internals and large-scale system performance.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production and cloud-native ecosystems (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Expertise in automation and reliability practices—GitOps, Terraform, CI/CD, observability—and diagnosing complex systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and evolve internal infrastructure services written in Go, often as Kubernetes operators, powering the core platform.
• Own systems that are secure, scalable, observable, and reliable using GitOps, Terraform, Prometheus, and Grafana, with strong Linux and networking foundations.
• Collaborate across teams to enable fast, safe, autonomous deployment of services via shared platform tooling and best practices.
• Take ownership of the full lifecycle: availability, performance, monitoring, incident response, capacity planning.
• Work at scale across tens of thousands of instances and multiple regions for smooth, fast operations.
• Influence architecture and operational strategy behind critical infrastructure supporting cloud services.

Skills

Go

Java

Python

Linux

Networking

Public cloud

GitOps

Terraform

Kubernetes

Observability

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

IBM Software is seeking a skilled infrastructure engineer to design and evolve high‑scale cloud infrastructure. You will work with Go, Kubernetes operators, and modern cloud ecosystems to build secure, observable platforms that power AI‑driven cloud services.

You’ll collaborate across teams to enable rapid, safe deployments and take ownership of availability and performance across global regions. The role emphasizes automation, reliability, and strong Linux networking fundamentals, with