Software Engineer I

IBM Computing; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking team dedicated to transforming challenges into leading cloud-native solutions. This role focuses on enhancing multi-cloud environments and requires engineers with a backend focus, particularly in Golang. You'll collaborate with diverse teams to design, prototype, and implement features that ensure stability and usability. Enjoy the flexibility of remote work while contributing to innovative projects that empower organizations in their cloud journey. This is a fantastic opportunity for those passionate about technology and looking to make a significant impact in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience as an engineer with a focus on Golang.
• Experience with distributed systems and cloud providers like AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Proficient in code review, refactoring, and writing tests.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement features while ensuring stability and usability.
• Collaborate with Product Design and Management for feature development.
• Engage in team discussions for workflow improvements and debugging.

Skills

Golang

Distributed Systems

Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Code Review and Refactoring

Writing Tests

Tools

Terraform

Packer

Waypoint

Nomad

Vault

Boundary

Consul

Job description

Introduction

A career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customer's challenges into industry-leading solutions. We are an infinitely curious team, always seeking new possibilities, and dedicated to creating the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our network of IBMers. We are a team of deep product experts, ensuring exceptional client experiences, with a focus on delivery, excellence, and obsession over customer outcomes. This position involves contributing to HashiCorp's offerings, now part of IBM, which empower organizations to automate and secure multi-cloud and hybrid environments. You will join a team managing the lifecycle of infrastructure and security, enhancing IBM's cloud solutions to ensure enterprises achieve efficiency, security, and scalability in their cloud journey.

Your role and responsibilities

At HashiCorp, we value top-notch collaboration and communication skills, both among internal teams and in how we interact with our users. We take care to balance and be responsive to the needs of our opensource community as well as our enterprise level customers. Engineering at HashiCorp is largely a remote team. While prior experience working remotely isn't required, we are looking for team members who perform well given a high level of independence and autonomy.

What you’ll do (responsibilities)

We’re looking for engineers with a backend focus to join our team. In this role, you can expect to:

Design, prototype and implement features and tools while ensuring stability and usability

Collaborate closely with Product Design and Product Management partners, as well as engineers on your team and others

Follow through on assigned tasks to build and ship medium-sized features, managing task expectations as needed

Engage in team discussions around diagnosis, planning, and workflow improvements based on product requirements

Apply independent judgment within team practices to determine appropriate actions and solutions

Address unforeseen challenges, making recommendations to keep tasks on track

Debug and resolve small to medium-level bugs in products or solutions to maintain quality

Review technical contributions for quality and consistency, collaborating with stakeholders to resolve issues and recommend technical or architectural changes

Participate in on-call rotations to support product needs

This job can be performed from anywhere in the US

Required technical and professional expertise

• You have two or more years of professional experience as an engineer

• You have professional experience developing with modern programming languages and frameworks, and are interested in working in Golang

• You have experience working with distributed systems, particularly on a cloud provider such as AWS, Azure or GCP, with a focus on scalability, resilience and security

• Experience in reviewing & refactoring code & making suggestions that improve the codebase and product

• Writing tests for more complex or edge cases

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Demonstrated ability to build trust and foster relationships across teams and stakeholders, with a focus on valuing diverse perspectives and proficiently managing expectations

• Proven decision-making abilities with an intentional, data-driven approach to solving complex technical challenges and delivering results

• Emerging focus on customers and systems-thinking mindset, with a commitment to personal accountability, self-awareness, and continuous improvement in support of high-quality outcomes

• You have experience using HashiCorp products (Terraform, Packer, Waypoint, Nomad, Vault, Boundary, Consul)

• You have prior experience working in cloud platform engineering teams

• Emerging experience in mentoring team members, helping to enhance their problem-solving, critical thinking, and planning skills

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.