Software Engineer - DBaaS Serverless

  • San Jose, CA
  • Posted 7 hours ago | Updated 7 hours ago

Overview

On Site
Full Time

Skills

Research
Documentation
Architectural Design
Scalability
Operations Support Systems
Software Engineering
Algorithms
Data Structure
Software Design
Java
Python
C
C++
Concurrent Computing
Distributed Computing
Database
NoSQL
Bug Tracking
Version Control
Build Automation
Automated Testing
Software Development Methodology
Open Source
Apache Cassandra
Kubernetes
Docker
Orchestration
SaaS
Business Operations
Machine Learning (ML)
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Software Modernization
Sustainability
Data Centers
Innovation
Collaboration
Science
Cloud Computing
IBM SmartCloud
Artificial Intelligence
Blockchain
Genetics
Regulatory Compliance
Immigration
IBM

Job Details

Introduction

A career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customer's challenges into solutions.

Seeking new possibilities and always staying curious, we are a team dedicated to creating the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions for our customers. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our IBMers, so the door is always open for those who want to grow their career.

IBM's product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive.

Your role and responsibilities

We are looking for talented software engineers to take on a critical role on our Cloud database-as-a-service product Astra, based on Apache Cassandra.

What you will do:
  • Develop new features, enhancements, and bug-fixes on Astra, a highly scalable, multi-tenant, serverless database.
  • Collaborate extensively with internal teams across DataStax to coordinate releases, support existing customers through defect fixes and improvements, and review/advise on documentation for the project.
  • Potentially contribute to Cassandra NoSQL database management system, which handles large sets of data.
  • Potentially work with other OSS contributors and help grow the Apache Cassandra Community including running Cassandra in Containers (Kubernetes).
  • Model solid engineering practices around architectural design, testability, scalability and maintainability.

Foster community growth through your involvement in the Cassandra OSS Community

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

  • Minimum of 7-9 years of relevant industry experience in Software Engineering
  • Substantial experience programming distributed and high throughput applications
  • A deep knowledge of Java and JVM ecosystem of open source libraries and projects
  • Deep understanding of algorithms, data structures and softwaredesign
  • Strong coding skills with Java, Python, C/C++
  • Proven record of development up and down the stack
  • Comfortable handing problems related to concurrency and distributed computing
  • Experience with database internals (preferably NoSQL)
  • Experience with at least one major public cloud providers
  • Familiarity with bug tracking tools, version control tools, build automation tools and test automation tools.
  • Experience in SDLC having contributed at each step: Plan, Track, Code, Build, Test, Deploy and Monitor.
  • Prior experience contributing to open source projects is highly desirable

Preferred technical and professional experience

  • Experience with Apache Cassandra is a plus.
  • Experience with Go, Docker, and Kubernetes a plus
  • Experience with containers and docker orchestration a plus
  • Experience with cloud-scale Saas applications is a plus

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM 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.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

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.

IBM 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.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
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