Software Engineering Application Developer-Java & Web Technologies Professional Multiple Cities

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 ground breaking 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.

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Software Developer, you will play a central role in the development lifecycle, designing and implementing dedicated front‑end APIs to ensure a smooth and responsive user experience. You will be responsible for the integration between front‑end and back‑end systems, ensuring high performance, security and scalability.

Your primary responsibilities include:

• Comprehensive Feature Development and Bug Fixing: Collaborate on end‑to‑end development of backend features, from ideation to deployment. Address challenges in implementation and resolve bugs to maintain high‑quality standards.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, designers, and frontend developers to understand requirements and ensure timely delivery of features. Address product and feature‑related issues in alignment with defined SLAs.
• Performance Optimization and Testing: Conduct thorough testing to ensure software stability and performance.
• Continuous Learning and Technology Integration: Stay up‑to‑date with the latest technologies, methodologies and tools related to backend development and apply them to improve processes. Integrate innovative solutions to optimise the development cycle and improve the end‑user experience.

Required education

Technical Diploma

Required technical and professional expertise

• 5+ years of experience in software development
• Solid experience with Quarkus
• Good understanding of Java
• Design and development of REST APIs
• Experience on SQL (Postgres, MongoDB)
• Experience with Kafka‑based messaging systems
• Microservices architecture and integration best practices

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration and application deployment

Other relevant job details

Job ID: 117233

City / Township / Village: Bari, MILANO

State / Province

Country: Italy

Work arrangement: Hybrid

Area of work: Software Engineering

Employment type: Regular

Position type: Professional

Some travel may be required based on business demand

IBM is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.