**Introduction** At IBM Cloudability, we deliver a best-in-class FinOps platform that helps customers enable their IT, finance, and DevOps teams to work together to optimize cloud resources for speed, cost, and quality. We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Software Development Engineer to join our dynamic and growing team. The ideal candidate will be a seasoned software developer with a passion for technology, problem-solving, and driving software development processes. You will get to lead technical initiatives, and mentor junior engineers while delivering high-quality, scalable, and maintainable software solutions. **Your role and responsibilities** Develop cloud-native services to address both new and ongoing business challenges and meet customer needs. * Own end-to-end feature development, from concept through design to production, collaborating with product managers and engineers to deliver scalable, high-quality solutions. * Drive the adoption of best practices for software development, including testing, code reviews, and continuous integration, to ensure the delivery of high-quality, reliable software. * Identify and address performance bottlenecks, ensuring that systems scale efficiently and perform well under varying loads. * Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers. **Required technical and professional expertise** * Bachelor’s degree in computer science, a related field, or relevant work experience. * 5+ years of professional software development experience in designing and building enterprise-level applications * Extensive professional knowledge, experience, and understanding of at least one modern programming language, such Java, Scala, and Go. * Extensive experience with software engineering principles, including data structures, algorithms, and design patterns. * Hands-on experience with cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes). * Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal. **Preferred technical and professional experience** * Master’s degree in computer science or related field. * Experience in modern software concepts such as Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform) * Experienced with modern API design and implementations, preferably in Java or Golang. * Experienced in Cloud infrastructure’s cost management or FinOps. * Experience using monitoring tools like Splunk, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana * Exceptional customer focus, ownership, and drive. 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.