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Introduction

A career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customer's challenges into industry-leading solutions. We are an infinitely curious team, always seeking new possibilities, and dedicated to creating the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our network of IBMers. We are a team of deep product experts, ensuring exceptional client experiences, with a focus on delivery, excellence, and obsession over customer outcomes. This position involves contributing to HashiCorp's offerings, now part of IBM, which empower organizations to automate and secure multi-cloud and hybrid environments. You will join a team managing the lifecycle of infrastructure and security, enhancing IBM's cloud solutions to ensure enterprises achieve efficiency, security, and scalability in their cloud journey.

Your role and responsibilities

About the Web Presence team

The Web Presence team is a hybrid group of designers and engineers who are responsible for delivering high-quality web experiences that support HashiCorp’s go-to-market efforts. This includes various websites like[1] [2] www.hashicorp.com,[3] developer.hashicorp.com, and more. For many of HashiCorp’s customers and users, the Web Presence team delivers their first experience with the company, and so it’s crucial we set high standards.

We are looking for a senior engineer to join the team behind[4] HashiCorp Developer. This platform serves HashiCorp’s practitioner community, enabling them to solve real-world problems and elevate their careers by growing new skill sets and certifying their proficiency. You should possess a strong background in web development and have operated and maintained production systems.

You care about the developer experience, and communicate with humility, curiosity, and kindness. You are comfortable and experienced working collaboratively with other teams. As a team we believe strongly in learning, so while prior experience with our tools of choice isn’t strictly necessary, you should be open to learning them.

What you’ll do (responsibilities)

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Continuously improve the product by writing code in systems based on TypeScript, JavaScript, and React.

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Take ownership of, contribute to and evolve our backend systems and platform tooling in support of project initiatives.

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Advocate for clean code, refactoring when needed, and understanding trade-offs.

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Enable your teammates through technical contributions, code reviews, and pair programming.

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Learn and adhere to best practices, and provide suggestions for improvements, including reviewing and contributing to RFCs and PRDs.

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Collaborate with product and education engineers to improve their authoring experience of educational content and product documentation. Troubleshoot and support their publishing processes when necessary.

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Strive for consistency, and advocate for data-driven decisions.

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Communicate technical opinions and project rationale to other engineers and leadership.

References

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1. https://www.hashicorp.com/

2. https://www.hashicorp.com/

3. https://developer.hashicorp.com/

4. https://developer.hashicorp.com/

Required technical and professional expertise

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8+ years of full-stack development experience, with a focus on the JavaScript ecosystem (Node.js, Express, Next.js) and its related tool chain.

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Strong expertise in backend and platform-side development, including API design, server-side architecture, and database integration and design.

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Deep expertise and experience with React.

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Experience with TypeScript, semantic HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript standards.

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Demonstrated experience building high-quality web experiences from inception to completion that are accessible, performant, responsive, and scalable.

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Source code control best practices using GitHub or other similar tools.

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Understanding of and experience with unit, integration and end-to-end testing.

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Communicate clearly while remaining empathetic and kind.

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Have an eagerness to learn through humility and reflection.

Preferred technical and professional experience

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Strong experience working with Next.js and the Vercel platform.

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Familiarity with content management workflows and tools, including experience working with Markdown transformation pipelines.

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Experience building custom GitHub Actions or with similar CI/CD platforms.

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Experience using Docker and container-based deployments.

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Experience with deploying services and maintaining cloud-hosted services, AWS experience is a plus.

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Strong understanding of web accessibility standards and inclusive design principles, including a basic understanding of WCAG 2.2 Level AA accessibility standards.

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and 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, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.