Staff Software Engineer - Secure Compute Platform

IBM; Lowell (MA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Secure Compute Platform team to lead the development of a next-generation cloud-native compute platform that runs trusted and untrusted workloads at scale. This role requires strong expertise in Kubernetes and Go, along with a deep understanding of distributed systems and security patterns. If you have a passion for building foundational cloud infrastructure and mentoring engineers, this opportunity could be for you.

The position offers flexibility as it can be performed from anywhere in the US, with emphasis on collaboration and technical leadership.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience delivering scalable backend or infrastructure software in production.
• Proven track record of leading delivery of large-scale, highly available, low-latency distributed systems.
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes and multi-tenant platform architectures.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive technical direction for Secure Compute, including platform architecture and security.
• Design and implement platform APIs and Kubernetes controllers primarily in Go.
• Partner with teams to shape the roadmap for Secure Compute.

Skills

Kubernetes

Go

Distributed Systems

Observability

Security Patterns

Education

Master’s Degree

Tools

gRPC

Protobuf

Job description

IBM is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Secure Compute Platform team to lead the development of a next-generation cloud-native compute platform that runs trusted and untrusted workloads at scale. This role requires strong expertise in Kubernetes and Go, along with a deep understanding of distributed systems and security patterns. If you have a passion for building foundational cloud infrastructure and mentoring engineers, this opportunity could be for you.

The position offers flexibility as it can be performed from anywhere in the US, with emphasis on collaboration and technical leadership.