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Senior Software Development Engineer

IBM
Lowell, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 3/18/2026 CLOSED ON 4/16/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Development Engineer position at IBM?

Introduction

At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, let’s talk.

Your Role And Responsibilities

Thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative, cross-functional, agile environment

Collaborate with product management to define desired capabilities to drive technical designs and deliver the new functionality to customers

Contribute procedures, tools and practices to optimize team productivity.

Analyze problems from internal and external customers, debug and provide fixes.

Deliver initial quality, design for automated testability, and write unit tests.

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

  • Proven experience with Microservices and Service Oriented Architectures, modern API designs and implementations in Python, Typescript, and Java using SQL and NoSQL Database implementations (query optimization, index generation, caching)
  • Familiarity and working experience with Model Context Protocol and Agent-to-Agent Protocol with a practical understanding of AI and Large Language Models
  • Competent with CI/CD pipelines

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

  • Passionate and driven to design and implement scalable, programmatic solutions to complex problem
  • Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Technical leadership experience in building and delivering complex software systems
  • Experience in working with customers, product management, and senior management to deliver value to the market
  • Robust knowledge of data structures, algorithms, enterprise systems, asynchronous architectures, and object-oriented programming
  • Proven experience with best SDLC practices: coding standards, reviews, code management, build processes, and testing
  • Experience building large applications at scale using modern best practices

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