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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 solutions.

Seeking new possibilities and always staying curious, we are a team dedicated to creating the world’s leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions for our customers. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our IBMers, so the door is always open for those who want to grow their career.

IBM’s product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive.

Your role and responsibilities

We are looking for talented software engineers to take on a critical role on our Cloud database-as-a-service product Astra, based on Apache Cassandra.

What you will do:

* Develop new features, enhancements, and bug-fixes on Astra, a highly scalable, multi-tenant, serverless database.

* Collaborate extensively with internal teams across DataStax to coordinate releases, support existing customers through defect fixes and improvements, and review/advise on documentation for the project.

* Potentially contribute to Cassandra NoSQL database management system, which handles large sets of data.

* Potentially work with other OSS contributors and help grow the Apache Cassandra Community including running Cassandra in Containers (Kubernetes).

* Model solid engineering practices around architectural design, testability, scalability and maintainability.

Foster community growth through your involvement in the Cassandra OSS Community

Required technical and professional expertise

* Minimum of 7-9 years of relevant industry experience in Software Engineering

* Substantial experience programming distributed and high throughput applications

* A deep knowledge of Java and JVM ecosystem of open source libraries and projects

* Deep understanding of algorithms, data structures and software design

* Strong coding skills with Java, Python, C/C+* Proven record of development up and down the stack

* Comfortable handing problems related to concurrency and distributed computing

* Experience with database internals (preferably NoSQL)

* Experience with at least one major public cloud providers

* Familiarity with bug tracking tools, version control tools, build automation tools and test automation tools.

* Experience in SDLC having contributed at each step: Plan, Track, Code, Build, Test, Deploy and Monitor.

* Prior experience contributing to open source projects is highly desirable

Preferred technical and professional experience

* Experience with Apache Cassandra is a plus.

* Experience with Go, Docker, and Kubernetes a plus

* Experience with containers and docker orchestration a plus

* Experience with cloud-scale Saas applications is a plus

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.