Software Engineer - Cloud Database

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’re seeking talented software engineers passionate about distributed systems to join our team. If you thrive in designing and optimizing large-scale distributed systems, this role is an excellent fit.

You’ll work alongside our engineering teams to develop Astra, our cloud-native, serverless database built on Apache Cassandra®. Our products power mission-critical applications for major organizations worldwide, and your contributions will directly impact their reliability and performance.

What You Will Do

• Design and implement new database features with a strong focus on scalability, maintainability, and testability.
• Diagnose and resolve database issues
• Optimize database performance, work on high availability, multitenancy and fault tolerance across multi-region cloud deployments.
• Enhance monitoring and observability solutions to track database health, performance metrics, and resource utilization.
• Stay ahead of emerging cloud database technologies and best practices to drive continuous innovation.
  
  

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• 7+ years of relevant work experience
• Experience in operating or implementing distributed systems, with an understanding of scalability and fault tolerance.
• Knowledge of Java and the JVM ecosystem, including familiarity with widely used open-source libraries and frameworks.
• Solid understanding of core algorithms, data structures, concurrency, and software design principles for building efficient and maintainable applications.
• Practical experience working with databases.
• Proficiency in Linux/Unix environments
  
  

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues in high-availability, high-throughput, fault-tolerant systems is a plus.
• Knowledge of cloud-native technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, Docker, AWS/Azure/GCP) is a plus.
• Contributions to open-source database projects (especially Cassandra ecosystem) is a plus.
• Experience with database internals (storage engines, query processing, replication) is a plus.