Staff Software Development Engineer

IBM Computing; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a skilled backend software engineer to join their innovative team. In this role, you'll leverage your extensive experience in enterprise-level software development, particularly with languages like Golang, Java, or C#. You'll collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver elegant solutions and drive initiatives that enhance service quality. Your expertise in building REST APIs, managing databases, and utilizing cloud technologies will be crucial. If you're passionate about continuous improvement and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in enterprise-level software development.
• Proficiency in object-oriented design and asynchronous architecture.
• Hands-on experience with cloud providers and Kubernetes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver impactful features with your scrum team on a bi-weekly sprint cadence.
• Drive cross-team initiatives for high-quality solutions.
• Participate in on-call rotation for operational issue resolution.

Skills

Golang

Java

C#

REST APIs

SQL

Kubernetes

Docker

AWS

Git

Tools

Terraform

Datadog

Splunk

PagerDuty

Job description

Introduction

You: Are a staff backend software engineer who strives for excellence in technical solutions for large-scale, high-performance distributed systems. You have a curious mind and a passion for continuous improvement. You thrive in an agile and fast-paced environment. Us: We are a high-performing cross-functional team of developers, product managers, and designers. We are passionate about delivering elegant solutions to complex business problems and we have a proven track record of delivering successful features and functionality that delight our customers.

Your role and responsibilities

You will work with your scrum team to deliver impactful and valuable features operating on a bi-weekly sprint cadence. You will drive cross-team initiatives by working with product managers, user experience designers, and other engineers to achieve high-quality solutions. In addition, be part of the on-call rotation to help mitigate and solve any issues that may arise from the day-to-day operations of running a service.

Required technical and professional expertise

• 7+ years of experience delivering enterprise level software preferably in Golang, Java or C#, other languages also considered

• Proficiency with object-oriented design, data structures, algorithms, and asynchronous architectural design.

• Professional experience building REST APIs. Experience in building large-scale data processing pipelines.

• Professional experience with relational databases, schema design, and SQL. Experience with database implementations (query optimization, index generation, caching).

• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and related technologies (Helm, Prometheus, etc.) Strong understanding of containerization technologies like Docker

• Experience with cloud providers like AWS, Azure, GCP or equivalent.

• Proficiency in version control systems like Git

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience developing Software as a Service (SaaS) applications and understanding the impact of this architecture in a deployment environment.

• Experience in infrastructure deployment tools such as terraform, etc.

• Experience in production on-call handling; Experience in monitoring and troubleshooting tools such as Datadog, Splunk, PagerDuty, etc.

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.