Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Platform Services

Overview

At IBM Software, we transform client challenges into solutions. Building the world’s leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. Our legacy of innovation creates endless opportunities for IBMers to learn, grow, and make an impact on a global scale. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration. You’ll work with diverse technologies, partners, and industries to design, develop, and deliver solutions that power digital transformation. With a culture that values innovation, growth, and continuous learning, IBM Software places you at the heart of IBM’s product and technology landscape. Here, you’ll have the tools and opportunities to advance your career while creating software that changes the world.

This role is one of a team of senior engineers leading our India-based Cloud Platform Services team. From Core Platform and Visibility to Identity/IAM and cloud-based Billing services, Cloud Platform Services (CPS) is responsible for delivering the Platform as a Service (PaaS) backbone of the HashiCorp Cloud Platform (HCP).

This is an opportunity to lead at a high-visibility, high-impact company. Millions of engineers and operators globally rely on HashiCorp products every day to predictably and reliably deliver infrastructure and platform capabilities for their businesses.

Your Role And Responsibilities

• Working fully-aligned with our global Core Platform Services (CPS) teams, develop next-generation cloud platform services for HashiCorp Cloud Platform.
• Partner with Engineering, Product and Design to enforce best practices for measurable quality and value within the platform.
• Program primarily in Golang (Golang experience is not required), learning from and contributing to a team committed to continually improving their skills.
• Cultivate excellence in the reliability, scalability, security, and craft of the software our teams build.
• Develop modern operationalization via tooling and automation capabilities for proactively monitoring and managing the customer experiences (Critical User Journeys).
• Foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement within the Cloud Platform Services and broader Engineering, Product, and Design organizations.
• Present insights and recommendations to drive data-guided decision-making.
• Contribute to company-wide initiatives led by our Engineering, Product, and Design management, recruitment, and people teams.
  
  

• 4+ years of experience in software engineering with experience with large-scale cloud solutions (AWS, Azure, GCP), including CICD-driven software development, testing, and release management.
• 4+ years of experience developing and supporting platform and product/application services as part of a modern PaaS offering.
• 3+ years working with Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) and configuration management tools such as Terraform (preferred), CloudFormation, Pulumi, or Ansible.
• Strong functional knowledge of containers, container management, and container orchestration.
• Strong understanding of automation, automation principles, and different aspects of pipelines and automation delivery.
• Strong understanding of modern cloud security fundamentals, including patch management and secure configurations, with preferred experience in regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices, including CI/CD (continuous integration and deployment/delivery) techniques and technologies.
• Strong cross functional collaboration and influencing skills, including the ability to influence with and without formal authority.
  
  

• Understanding and familiarity with HashiCorp’s products, specifically Terraform, Nomad, Vault and Consul.
• 3+ years experience in modern IAM (Identity and Access Management) feature/function and enabling platform services.
• 4+ years of professional software development experience and are proficient in at least one frontend programming language (TypeScript, JavaScript).
• Advanced strategic capability with cloud delivery models.
• Agile/Scrum background for projects and project delivery.
• Deep understanding of advanced security segmentation and controls.