Senior Software Engineer II - HashiCorp Vault; Ecosystem

Position: Senior Software Engineer II - HashiCorp Vault (Ecosystem)
Introduction

At IBM Software, we transform client challenges into solutions. Building the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. Our legacy of innovation creates endless opportunities for IBMers to learn, grow, and make an impact on a global scale. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration.

You'll work with diverse technologies, partners, and industries to design, develop, and deliver solutions that power digital transformation. With a culture that values innovation, growth, and continuous learning, IBM Software places you at the heart of IBM's product and technology landscape. Here, you'll have the tools and opportunities to advance your career while creating software that changes the world.

Your role and responsibilities

We're looking for Senior Engineers with a deep backend focus to join our team. In this role, you can expect to:

* Lead the design, prototyping, and implementation of multi-phase features and tools with a high business impact, ensuring stability and usability.

* Collaborate closely with Product Design, Product Management, and cross-functional engineering teams to align on priorities and technical solutions.

* Act as a subject matter expert in Golang development and quality standards, influencing internal teams and the external community.

* Assess and break down large projects across multiple teams, evaluating tradeoffs to maintain project momentum and alignment.

* Spot potential technical issues before they happen. Recommend improvements to maintain quality, efficiency, and productivity.

* Stay current on industry trends and best practices, advancing their adoption within the team and across the organization.

* Advocate for technical roadmaps that enhance organizational performance, and participate in system-wide debugging, maintenance, and production support.

* Mentor and empower teammates through technical guidance, code reviews, and pair programming.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

* You have at least 10 years of experience as an engineer.

* You have expert-level proficiency in Go, with a proven track record of developing complex, production-grade applications.

* You have experience working with Linux (including troubleshooting and bash scripting).

* You have experience working with relational/No

SQL databases.

* You have experience working with distributed systems, particularly cloud providers such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, with a focus on scalability, resilience, and security.

* You have a solid understanding of CI/CD and automation principles (Git Hub Actions, etc.).

* Demonstrated conflict resolution skills with the ability to proactively identify and address technical and project-related challenges, balancing differing perspectives to maintain project alignment and team cohesion.

* Skilled in organization and increasingly perceptive of team dynamics and work relationships. Able to guide technical decisions to support current and long-term objectives for various projects and products.

* Innovative thinker who can identify areas for improvement and propose solutions that enhance technical roadmaps, processes, and methodologies, ensuring the delivery of high-quality outcomes.

* You have developed the skill of leveling up your peers through code and design reviews, pair programming, and mentorship.

* Experience with directly with internal teams, the customer and/or external community and designs solutions based on requirements and the needs of the customer.

Preferred technical and professional experience

* You have experience with containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and infrastructure as code (preferably Terraform).

* You have experience using Hashi Corp products (Terraform, Packer, Waypoint, Nomad, Vault, Boundary, Consul).

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.

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