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.

We are seeking a skilled developer to join our IBM Software team. As part of our team, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining high-quality software products, working with a variety of technologies and programming languages.

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

You will be a member of the open source Infinispan project which is a distributed in-memory key/value data store with optional schema. The Infinispan project is used as the basis for products from Red Hat (Data Grid) and IBM. Our customers use the product to increase the performance and scalability of their applications. You will make sure our solutions fulfill the highest possible enterprise quality, performance, usability, and supportability criteria.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will contribute to the development of Infinispan by maintaining and enhancing existing code and developing new features in the open source project. Collaboration is key, and you will actively engage with user and developer communities through project forums, community chat, and issue tracking for bug reporting and task management. Your responsibilities will also include assisting the support team in diagnosing and resolving complex customer issues. Success in this role requires creative problem-solving, adaptability to rapid changes, and a continuous eagerness to learn.

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

Strong Java Development Skills:

Must be highly proficient in Java, with at least 5+ years of professional development experience.

Experience With Distributed Systems

Highly experienced in developing and maintaining large scale distributed systems in Java. Strong background in distributed systems, especially networking, clustering, and concurrency.

Ability to work in a dynamic environment with a geographically distributed team:

Willingness to work with a highly distributed development team, using open source development methodologies and tools.

Self-Starter Mindset

A self-starter with a proactive mindset, able to initiate and drive projects independently.

Self-motivated and able to work in an independent and autonomous fashion, with minimal guidance.

Experience with public speaking or working in open source communities:

Promoting the project and attracting new users is another aspect of the position

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

Experience with any of the following that Infinispan uses:

Netty

Quarkus

Hibernate Search which is based on Lucene and ElasticSearch

Reactive streams

Keycloak and Wildfly use Infinispan internally

Familiarity With Container Technologies

Knowledge of Docker, podman, kubernetes, OpenShift, and operators

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Requirements

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