IBM is a technology and consulting company with a Finance & Operations organization focused on enterprise performance, transformation, and technology-enabled decision-making. The Associate Software Engineer develops and tests software solutions, contributes to software components, applies engineering best practices, and uses established software development lifecycle processes under the guidance of senior team members.
The Associate Software Engineer develops and tests software solutions that contribute to solving user problems. Guided by senior team members, this position exists to build a strong technical foundation by understanding how well-crafted, high-quality code directly impacts customer satisfaction. A key function is to learn and apply best practices to deliver reliable features, ensuring all work meets the quality standards our customers expect. This role is foundational in upholding our commitment to software excellence from the ground up
Designs and develops software solutions by contributing with guidance to a subsystem or component
Contributes with guidance to testing and debugging of software
Actively learns from internal and external communities by participating in discussions and seeking feedback to understand their ecosystem
Seeks out and adopts constructive feedback from more senior associates, managers, and other leaders
Takes ownership of assigned tasks and delivers on time, providing value to the end user
Learns and applies team's best practices
Follows established procedures to utilize AI tools and agents for completing routine development tasks and improving personal productivity
Follows the team's established SDLC for all assigned tasks, focusing on learning and correctly applying each stage of the process
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree
Exposure to Back-End Development: Familiarity with designing, developing, testing, and delivering back-end components of software applications using leading-edge and/or proven technologies
Experience with Agile Methodologies: Understanding of Agile principles and practices, with experience working in a collaborative environment to understand stakeholder requirements
Component-Level Software Design: Knowledge of designing, coding, and testing component-level software solutions, ensuring they are unit tested and ready for integration into products
Debugging and Troubleshooting: Exposure to debugging customer-reported problems, designing, developing, and unit testing code fixes
Automated CI/CD Pipelines: Familiarity with contributing to the development of automated CI/CD pipelines that take code through various quality stages
Preferred
Front-End Development Skills: Exposure to designing, developing, testing, and delivering front-end components of software applications using leading-edge and/or proven technologies
DevOps Engineering Knowledge: Familiarity with DevOps 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
Benefits
Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
401(k)
Cash balance pension plan
The IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Financial counseling
Life insurance
Short & long-term disability coverage
Opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
12 holidays
Minimum 56 hours sick time
120 hours vacation
12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy
Other Paid Care Leave programs
Paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups
Giving & volunteer opportunities
Discounts on retail products, services & experiences
IBM provides technology and consulting, including software, infrastructure systems, and cloud-based solutions.
