Software Engineer - Search

Position: Software Engineer - Open Search

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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 of adding Open Search capability on our Cloud and On‑Premises AI PaaS. Even more exciting is that you will be working with and contributing back to Open Search projects similar to how we do with other open source projects such as Apache Cassandra and Apache Pulsar. Our aim is to build a one‑stop AI PaaS powered by capabilities of Langflow, Open Search and Apache Cassandra.

What

You Will Do

• Develop new features, enhancements, and bug fixes on Data Stax AI PaaS, powered by Open Search, Apache Cassandra and Langflow.
• Find innovative ways to do a bi‑directional integration between Open Search and Apache Cassandra.
• Collaborate extensively with internal teams and open‑source communities to innovate at speed.
• Model solid engineering practices around architectural design, testability, scalability and maintainability.
• Foster community growth through your involvement in the Open Search community.

Preferred Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• 9+ years of relevant experience
• Ability to iterate fast and make a trade‑off between quality and speed of delivery
• Substantial experience programming distributed and high throughput applications
• Deep knowledge of Java and the JVM ecosystem of open source libraries and projects
• Deep understanding of algorithms, data structures and software design
• Strong coding skills with Java; familiarity with Python and Golang will be an advantage
• Comfortable handling problems related to concurrency and distributed computing
• Experience with at least one major public cloud provider
• Prior experience contributing to open source projects including but not limited to Open Search and Elastic Search is highly desirable

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Experience with Go, Docker, and Kubernetes is a plus

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

IT Services and IT Consulting

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