Digital Product Engineering - Application Developer Associate

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio, including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in groundbreaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

About Business Unit:

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

Your role and responsibilities

We are seeking early-career developers who are passionate about building modern digital solutions across web, APIs, cloud platforms, mobile technologies & emerging tools.

You’ll work as part of cross-functional delivery teams alongside architects, engineers, designers & product stakeholders to create high-quality solutions for enterprise clients and internal initiatives.

In this role, you may contribute to:

• Designing, developing, testing, and supporting software applications
• Building frontend solutions using React, Angular, or modern web frameworks
• Developing backend services and APIs using Java, Node.js, Spring Boot or similar technologies
• Supporting deployments, automation and CI/CD processes
• Troubleshooting issues and improving application performance
• Participating in Agile ceremonies and collaborative planning sessions
• Contributing to innovation initiatives involving cloud, mobile, automation or AI technologies
• Delivering scalable solutions to real business challenges

This opportunity is based in Toronto and supports Associate Consultant hiring cohorts commencing in May 2027 and September 2027. We are recruiting for both start dates and encourage eligible candidates to apply.

Successful applicants must have graduated from a recognized post-secondary institution prior to their employment start date. Please note that MBA and PhD graduates are not eligible for this program.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Understanding of software engineering principles, object-oriented design, APIs, testing and debugging
• Strong communication and teamwork skills
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to new technologies
• Problem-solving mindset with strong attention to detail
• Apply AI capabilities (e.g., large language models, computer vision, generative AI or automation APIs) to real-world use cases

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience with React, Angular or modern frontend development
• Familiarity with Java, Spring Boot, Node.js or backend API development
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, etc.
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Dev Ops practices
• Exposure to mobile application development
• Interest in AI, automation, analytics or other emerging technologies
• Internship experience, client delivery experience or strong personal projects

We’re looking for adaptable developers who are eager to grow their careers, build meaningful solutions & make an impact from day one.

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation.…