Sr. Engineer

IntroductionA career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customer's challenges into industry-leading solutions. We are an infinitely curious team, always seeking new possibilities, and dedicated to creating the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our network of IBMers. We are a team of deep product experts, ensuring exceptional client experiences, with a focus on delivery, excellence, and obsession over customer outcomes. This position involves contributing to HashiCorp's offerings, now part of IBM, which empower organizations to automate and secure multi-cloud and hybrid environments. You will join a team managing the lifecycle of infrastructure and security, enhancing IBM's cloud solutions to ensure enterprises achieve efficiency, security, and scalability in their cloud journey.Your role and responsibilitiesThe HCP Identity & Access Management (IAM) engineering teams craft secure, scalable, and intuitive solutions for managing identities and access control within the HashiCorp Cloud Platform. This involves building authentication, authorization and access control systems, all while making the product experience seamless for our users, customers and developers. As a high-impact, high-visibility, fully remote team, we are guided by the Taos of HashiCorp principles in our product development and collaboration. We closely collaborate with various cloud partners across the company, steadfastly adhering to our core values.What you’ll do (responsibilities)Design, prototype and implement features and tools while ensuring stability and usabilityCollaborate closely with Product Design and Product Management partners, as well as engineers on your team and othersAct as a subject matter expert on quality development with an emphasis on Golang developmentLead and execute large-scale projects, ensuring the reliable delivery of key features from design through full implementation and troubleshootingDrive end-to-end project lifecycle, including architecture design, implementation, and issue resolution, with a focus on quality and efficiencyEvaluate project tradeoffs and propose solutions, proactively removing blockers and keeping stakeholders informed on progress, issues, and milestonesCollaborate with internal teams, customers, and external stakeholders to design solutions that align with requirements and customer needsAdvocate for strategic technical roadmap initiatives that enhance the system’s overall effectiveness across teams and the organizationDebug and resolve complex issues to improve the quality and stability of products or solutionsReview and assess code for quality, design patterns, and optimization opportunities, ensuring best practices are followedMentor and guide software engineers, sharing technical knowledge and promoting best practices in development processesFacilitate collaborative team activities, such as code pairing and group troubleshooting, to foster a productive and cohesive team environmentSupport reliable production environments, including participating in an on-call rotationStrive for quality through maintainable code and comprehensive testing from development to deploymentThis job can be performed from anywhere in the USRequired technical and professional expertiseYou have at least 6+ years of experience as an engineer.Expertise designing and building authorization systems (RBAC and ABAC)Have industry experience in building globally distributed systems in Golang, integrating with Identity-as-a-Service platforms like Auth0 or Okta and the major Cloud Service Provider Identity systems.You have experience working with distributed systems, particularly on a cloud provider such as AWS, Azure or GCP, with a focus on scalability, resilience and security.Emerging ability to direct work and influence others, with a strategic approach to problem-solving and decision-making in a collaborative environment.Demonstrated business acumen and customer focus, with a readiness for change and adaptability in dynamic situations.Cloud-native mindset and solid understanding of DevOps principles in a cloud environment.Familiarity with cloud monitoring tools to implement robust observability practices that prioritize metrics, logging and tracing for high reliability and tentional focus on stakeholder management and effective communication, fostering trust and relationship-building across diverse teams.Preferred technical and professional experienceYou have experience using HashiCorp products (Terraform, Packer, Waypoint, Nomad, Vault, Boundary, Consul).You have prior experience working in cloud platform engineering teams.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. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-10-02