Graduate Software Developer

Introduction

Data storage is at the heart of everything we do in life. From every photo to every financial transaction, data is generated and stored somewhere in the world, be it on a customer’s own premises or in the cloud. The Flash System team at IBM Hursley creates resilient, high-performance and intelligent storage software that keeps business‑critical systems and data available 24/7.

Our success comes down to one thing: our people. We’re hiring and looking for people with a passion to learn and contribute to the success of the Flash System products. You will be joining the Flash System engineering team as a Graduate Software Engineer, where you will develop your software engineering and problem‑solving skills while learning new technologies and working with mentors and teams within the Storage organisation.

The team has a commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, where different thinking styles are valued for the strength and innovation they bring to teams.

IBM Flash System delivers high-performance, highly‑functional solutions that make hybrid cloud storage simple for every enterprise, from hospitals to data centres. For businesses to improve their levels of insight and accuracy, analytics and AI applications are consuming enormous amounts of data. Managing, moving and storing large data volumes with efficiency and performance requires a modern IT infrastructure with wide‑ranging capabilities – from data reduction to enterprise‑grade business continuity features such as ransomware detection/recovery and replication.

The IBM Flash System family of data storage solutions is designed to meet all these needs while reducing costs and complexity. IBM Flash System combines the performance of flash and a Non‑Volatile Memory Express (NVMe)‑optimised architecture with the IBM Flash Core technology and IBM Storage Virtualize software.

This role is based in IBM Hursley and you must have permanent residency to work in the UK.

As a Software Developer:
Generalist, you will design, develop, test, and deliver offerings using leading‑edge and/or proven technologies. You will work in an Agile, collaborative environment to understand stakeholder requirements and contribute to the development of innovative software solutions.

• Develop software solutions: design, code, and test component‑level software solutions, ensuring they are unit tested and ready for integration into products.
• Collaborate with stakeholders: work in an Agile environment to understand stakeholder requirements and deliver solutions that meet their needs.
• Debug customer issues: design, develop, and unit test code fixes for customer‑reported problems.
• Contribute to the CI/CD pipeline: participate in the development of an automated CI/CD pipeline that takes code through various quality stages.
• Deliver offerings: test and deliver offerings using leading‑edge and/or proven technologies.

• Passion for software engineering, which can be shown from experience in professional projects, education projects or projects completed in personal time.
• Ability to solve problems alone and as part of a team.
• Effective communication skills to explain technical problems and solutions to other engineers.
• Innovative solutions to problems.
• Attention to detail.
• A direct and honest approach.

• Front‑end development skills: exposure to designing, developing, testing, and delivering front‑end components of software applications using leading‑edge and/or proven technologies.
• Dev Ops engineering knowledge: familiarity with Dev Ops engineering practices and tools, contributing to the development of automated CI/CD pipelines.
• L3 support engineering: exposure to L3 support engineering, debugging customer‑reported problems, and designing, developing, and unit testing code fixes.