Introduction

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Your Role and Responsibilities

• We are seeking a seasoned Senior Java Developer with over 10 years of experience in the industry. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of Java, cloud technologies, and modern web development practices. You will be responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining high-performance applications, as well as contributing to our cloud-based initiatives. If you have a passion for technology and a strong background in both backend and, ideally, full stack development, we would love to hear from you.Key Responsibilities:

• Application Development: Design, develop, and maintain robust Java applications with a focus on performance, scalability, and security.

• Cloud Integration: Leverage cloud technologies (AWS, Azure) to deploy and manage applications. Implement cloud-native solutions and microservices architecture.

• Code Quality: Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following best practices. Participate in code reviews and mentoring of junior developers.

• System Design: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design and implement complex, distributed systems.

• Web Development: Engage in full stack development tasks as needed, contributing to both front-end and back-end development.

• Continuous Improvement: Stay up to date with emerging technologies and trends in Java development, cloud computing, and web technologies. Drive continuous improvement initiatives within the team.

• Collaboration: Work closely with DevOps, QA, and other teams to ensure smooth deployment and operation of software.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 10+ years of professional Java development experience.

• Solid understanding of cloud technologies such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud. Experience with cloud-native applications and microservices is a plus.

• Strong knowledge of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) and experience with frameworks like Spring, Angular, React, or similar.

• Proficiency in working with SQL and NoSQL databases.

• Experience with Git or similar version control systems.

• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum practices and tools such as JIRA or Confluence.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Full Stack Experience (Good to Have): Experience in full stack development, including front-end technologies and frameworks.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Proficiency in debugging complex Java applications using advanced techniques and tools such as JDB, IntelliJ IDEA Debugger, or Eclipse Debugger. Ability to troubleshoot performance issues and identify memory leaks or thread contention.

• Experience in designing and building RESTful APIs using JAVA 8 +, Spring

• Expertise in modern front-end frameworks (React, Angular) and how they integrate with Java-based backends.

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, and deployment processes.

• Familiarity with tools like Jenkins, github Actions, SonarQube

• Deep familiarity with Agile methodologies

About Business UnitIBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence-from machine learning to generative AI-to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM's AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM's hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments-a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.

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At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

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