Introduction A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience. Your role and responsibilities As a Software Developer, you will play a central role in the development lifecycle, designing and implementing dedicated front-end APIs to ensure a smooth and responsive user experience. You will be responsible for the integration between front-end and back-end systems, ensuring high performance, security and scalability. Your primary responsibilities include: ? Comprehensive Feature Development and Bug Fixing: Collaborate on end-to-end development of backend features, from ideation to deployment. Address challenges in implementation and resolve bugs to maintain high-quality standards. ? Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, designers, and frontend developers to understand requirements and ensure timely delivery of features. Address product and feature-related issues in alignment with defined SLAs. ? Performance Optimization and Testing: Conduct thorough testing to ensure software stability and performance. ? Continuous Learning and Technology Integration: Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies, methodologies and tools related to backend development and apply them to improve processes. Integrate innovative solutions to optimise the development cycle and improve the end-user experience. Required technical and professional expertise ? Good understanding of Java 17 ? Solid experience with Quarkus and/or Spring Boot, including related modules ? Design and development of REST APIs ? Experience on SQL ? Experience with Kafka-based messaging systems ? Hands-on experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration and application deployment ? Microservices architecture and integration best practices ? Proficiency in Italian Preferred technical and professional experience ? Knowledge of frontend development (React, Angular, etc.) 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.