Entry Level Software Developer: 2026

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Introduction

As a Software Developer, you’ll gain hands-on experience working on real-world projects that impact users globally. You’ll collaborate with designers and developers to build responsive, elegant, and user-friendly applications using modern web technologies.

You Will

Your role and responsibilities

• Participate in Agile development cycles: design, code, test, and support.
• Translate wireframes into functional user interfaces.
• Learn and apply best practices in software development and testing.
• Work with APIs, databases, and cloud-based services.
  
  

Who You Are

• Curious, motivated, and eager to learn new technologies.
• A team player with strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Comfortable with debugging, problem-solving, and adapting to new challenges.
  
  

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and UI frameworks (React, Angular, Vue).
• Basic knowledge of backend technologies: Node.js, Java, Python, SQL.
• Understanding of software development tools (Git, IDEs) and version control.
• Exposure to automation testing frameworks and APIs.
• Awareness of operating systems, container technologies, and cloud platforms.
  
  

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Experience with cloud platforms (IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure).
• Contributions to open-source projects.
• Familiarity with Agile tools and methodologies.
• Linux or Unix based OS
• Any one modern programming language like GO, NodeJS, JavaScript, Python
• Integrated development environments (e.g.: Eclipse, Visual Studio Code)
• Familiarity with Source control management (e.g. Git): to enable teams to work together to manage changes to source code
• Knowledge of containers, containers orchestration software, cloud platforms.
• Knowledge of SQL and relational database technology (e.g. Postgres, MySQL, Db2, Oracle, SQL Server)
• Knowledge of automating infrastructure, testing, and deployments using tools like Jenkins, Puppeteer, Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or any other automation framework
• Knowledge of Deployment tools like Jenkins, Travis: for ensuring the latest software release is packaged correctly, tested, and deployed to an application server.
• Development experience with REST API development
  
  

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.

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