Database System Developer - Entry Level

Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk. Your Role and Responsibilities
Who We Are:
We're looking for software development candidates to help shape the future of IBM data management portfolio of fundamental importance to IBM’s strategic direction on hybrid data management offerings for IBM DB2, IBM Cloud Pak for Data and watsonx.data (IBM’s lakehouse for AI workloads). The capability is the next generation of distributed, highly parallelized, enterprise data systems capabilities so key to the industry’s future. You'll work alongside local and global (in Asia, Europe and North America) multidisciplinary teams of Developers, Architects, Engineers, DevOp’s and Analysts creating the future of enterprise data management in the context of AI. Who You Are:
You understand relational database management systems and are familiar with their inner workings, including SQL, no-SQL and API based data access. You are proficient in one or more programming languages e.g. C/C++, Java, Golang. You may have direct experience working with some open source data management systems such as Spark, Hive or Hadoop. You are aware and attentive as to performance implications as well as the user experience of what you create. You are relentless in seeking out opportunity to innovate and automate to maximise you and your teams productivity through Agile and DevOps principles. You have strong communication skills; describe yourself as: self-motivated, hardworking, and reliable. Because we will depend on you for our joint success. You are passionate about technology and software, you have extremely strong analytical, problem-solving and troubleshooting skills. The IBM values, culture and high performance environment resonate with your growth mind set. What You'll Do: IBM Data and AI division are looking for a developer to join a team developing IBM’s data management portfolio on a flexible multicloud data platform. You will join a squad integrated into a wider, geographically distributed, organisation, you will participate in the development of the next generation of distributed, highly parallelized, enterprise data management capability for your squad’s mandate on a flexible multicloud data platform. We are looking for skilled developer, with an understanding of RDBM systems, a familiarity with existing data management stacks and strong communication skills. Being self-motivated, hardworking, problem solving, with a focus on quality and performance are keys to succeeding.


The successful candidate will be expected to deliver incremental value to our product in their area of expertise to deliver product on a regular cadence. Our product must be ship ready on our sprint boundaries, usually a two week cadence. You will participate with senior leaders in architectural activities such as requirements gathering and solution definition to meet our customer’s needs. Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Early professional or graduate in software development
• Proficient in one or more of the following programming languages C / C++ / Java / python / Go Lang.
• Familiarity with high performance, distributed systems implementation techniques.
• Working knowledge of network protocols such as TCP/IP, etc.
• Good understanding of Linux Operating Systems (such as Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc.) and containerised technologies such as Docker & Kubernetes.
• Working knowledge of version Control systems like Github and build tools like Make Maven/Gradle.
• Exposure to professional software engineering practices using such tools and methodologies as Agile Software Development, Test Driven Development, Continuous Integration and source code management.
• Ability to learn and apply new technologies quickly.
• Strong sense of ownership of deliverables.
• Well versed with agile, DevOps and continuous delivery

• Development, deployment experience one or more Cloud environments (e.g AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, Google Cloud etc.)
• Experience with SQL, C/C++, Go Lang, python development and various scripting languages such as bash.
• Expertise in Core Java, Java J2EE , MicroServices Architecture.
• Experience in federated data technologies like GaianDb a distinct advantage.
• Experience in connectivity and ETL from multiple data sources desirable.
• Experience of distributed / HPC computing
• Experience of BigData & Hadoop software stack: HDFS, Hive, HBase, Ambari
• Experience developing compilers and / or RDBMs
• Experience in system & low level programming (TCP/IP, multi-threading, IPC) on the Linux platform
• Experience working in a globally distributed product based engineering team
• Hands on experience in handling and debugging customer issues, work with L2 support team.