Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities
Who you are:

• You are an IBM Cloud Software Development Engineer.
• You are talented, innovative and enthusiastic Software engineering professional who wants to develop and improve software that powers the Cloud and build the next generation cloud & security services to make our customers succeed.

What you’ll do:

• You are a part of Cloud platform Service Engineering team.
• You are responsible for delivering infrastructure services with top-notch performance, first-rate security, fail-safe reliability and exceptional quality.
• You will be the key individual responsible for development of new cloud services on the IBM Cloud Platform.
• You will get to work with Fortune 100 Enterprise clients and build hyperscale cloud services for the largest companies in the world.
• We are a global team, so communication skills (both verbal and written) are critical as well as flexibility to work with team members in other time zones.

How we’ll help you grow:

• You’ll have access to all the technical and management training courses to become the expert you want to be.
• You’ll learn directly from Senior members/leaders in this field.
• You'll have the opportunity to work with multiple clients.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 8 to 14 years industry experience with proven deep knowledge of Golang/C/C++(Golang preferred).
• Programming experience in object-oriented design principles and patterns, with solid knowledge of REST and gRPC.
• Hands-on experience implementing distributed applications in a container environment (Docker/Kubernetes) along with considerable experience configuring and administrating Linux (or UNIX) systems.
• Strong experience working in large distributed microservice architectures.
• Experience in building tests for RESTful APIs and SOAP webservices.
• • Experience with relational databases and SQL (Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL), also non-relational e.g. ETCD a plus.
• Familiarity with Cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure/GCP/IBM Cloud), CI/CD & DevOps
• Experience in large systems software design and development.
• Demonstrated experience leading a team of junior developers and driving technical delivery.
• Ability to quickly learn new technologies and implement prototypes in a timely fashion.
• Demonstrated problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Excellent communication skills and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Familiarity with virtualization (KVM/QEMU/libvirt a plus).
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) preferred.
• Understanding security and compliance issues.
• MS in Computer Science preferred. Can consider non-CS degrees if there is strong relevant experience.