Job Overview

IBM is recruiting entry-level Software Engineers for its India Systems Development Lab (ISDL), with opportunities associated with teams in Hyderabad, Pune and Bengaluru. ISDL is part of IBM's Systems division, which develops server, storage and systems software used in enterprise infrastructure and data centers.

The role can involve multiple stages of product development, including design, implementation, testing, validation and support. Depending on the team and assignment, engineers may contribute to systems software, cloud software, AI solutions, storage, Linux, firmware, performance engineering or enterprise system design.

About the India Systems Development Lab

Established in 1996, ISDL is headquartered in Bengaluru and also has a presence in Pune and Hyderabad. Its work spans the IBM Systems stack, including processor development, firmware, operating systems, systems software, storage software, cloud software, performance engineering and system testing.

The lab describes Agile, Design Thinking and DevOps as development models used by its teams. Engineers may collaborate with development and product management colleagues, end users and global stakeholders across geographies.

Role Areas and Responsibilities

Systems and Cloud Software

• Contribute to the design, development, testing and support of systems and cloud software products.
• Analyze product requirements, select design approaches, implement code and test solutions throughout the product life cycle.
• Develop enhancements, automate tests, investigate defects, analyze performance and help resolve client problems.
• Work with compute and storage systems, platform enablement, virtualization, I/O and reliability-related capabilities.

AI Software and Storage

• Help deliver enterprise AI solutions, including work that supports customers adopting AI technologies on IBM Z.
• Contribute to full-stack solution development, from understanding client challenges to implementing technical responses.
• For Spectrum Fusion teams, work with development and test colleagues on features in the product roadmap for a container-native storage solution.

Linux, AIX, Firmware and Performance

• Design and develop Linux operating-system features for server platforms, collaborating with hardware, firmware and upstream Linux community teams.
• Support AIX operating-system feature development, testing, support or open-source software porting and development.
• Develop firmware components and features, including work involving the OpenBMC open-source stack and embedded server firmware.
• Run experiments and analyze operating-system and enterprise-server performance, identify bottlenecks and investigate optimization opportunities.

Hardware Management and Enterprise System Design

• Develop and test management-console user interfaces and backend capabilities for server and virtualization management solutions.
• Support processor verification and pre- or post-silicon validation, including test infrastructure, algorithms, scenario coverage and issue debugging.
• Contribute to electronic design automation tools and flows used for hardware verification, simulation, formal verification, synthesis and place-and-route.
• Work with processor architecture, memory and I/O subsystems, and relevant interface or protocol concepts where applicable to the assignment.

Required Education and Experience

The posting specifies a Bachelor's Degree as the required education. It identifies the opportunity as entry level and states 0 years of experience. The supplied description discusses computer science and engineering graduates or master's students for the Enterprise System Design area, but does not state that as a universal degree condition for every team.

Technical Skills

Required expertise varies by team. The posting lists the following technical areas and languages across its different role tracks; candidates should relate their background to the specific team or opening they pursue.

• Programming: C, C++, Go, Python and Java are named across the role areas. JavaScript is relevant to the HMC/Novalink web-development track.
• Operating systems and platforms: Knowledge of operating systems and Linux is requested in several tracks. Unix/Linux internals, kernel concepts and server platforms are relevant to some assignments.
• Cloud and containers: Cloud concepts, Kubernetes, container technologies, Docker, OpenShift and cloud platforms such as AWS, Google Cloud and Azure are mentioned for applicable teams.
• Systems development: The posting references systems software, firmware, virtualization, system architecture, processor architecture, data structures, algorithms, multithreaded applications and performance analysis.
• APIs and architecture: REST APIs, microservice architecture and, for the HMC/Novalink track, GraphQL and web-service development are included.
• Data and AI: AI/ML/DL, Data Science, NLP, TensorFlow and PyTorch are listed for AI-related work. The description also names scikit-learn and XGBoost as machine-learning frameworks.
• Databases: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, CouchDB and Redis are named for AI software work, along with data preparation and integration activities.
• Automation and collaboration tools: Ansible, shell scripting, Git, Jenkins and open-source tools are mentioned in relevant tracks. Some teams also use automated testing and continuous delivery practices.
• Web user interfaces: HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, Material Design, React and Angular are referenced for the management-console development area.

Team-Specific Knowledge Areas

• Systems and Cloud: Operating systems, OpenStack, Kubernetes, containers, cloud concepts, security, virtualization management, REST APIs, DevOps and microservices.
• AI Software: Linux, AI/ML/DL, data analysis, NLP, deep-learning frameworks, CPU architecture and data-source integration.
• Linux Development: C programming, Linux kernel internals, operating-system principles, data structures, processor architecture and virtualization.
• HMC/Novalink: Core Java, C/C++, web UI development, JavaScript frameworks, rich HTML applications, J2EE/JSP, RESTful services and GraphQL.
• AIX: C/C++, Unix/Linux internals, systems programming, networking, security, device drivers, file systems, containers and virtualization.
• Performance Engineering: C/C++, hypervisors, hardware and operating-system architecture, scripting, capacity planning and performance diagnostics.
• Firmware: C/C++, Linux, embedded software, firmware design, open-source development, Git, Gerrit, Jenkins and scripting.
• Enterprise System Design: Functional verification, processor and computer architecture, cache coherency, memory and I/O subsystems, Unix/Linux, Git, scripting and hardware description languages such as Verilog or VHDL.

Preferred Experience

The posting additionally mentions cross-platform development involving iOS and Android, familiarity with Agile methods, and integrating mobile applications with cloud-based services. These are described as preferred technical and professional experience rather than universal requirements for every listed team.

Professional Skills

• Communicate clearly and collaborate with colleagues across teams and geographies.
• Apply analytical thinking, problem-solving and logical reasoning to technical challenges.
• Coordinate work with others and contribute toward agreed team goals.
• Work effectively in a global team environment.

Work Locations

The job listing identifies Hyderabad, Pune and Bangalore (Bengaluru), India. It does not specify a remote or hybrid arrangement, so the work mode is not confirmed in the supplied posting.

Who Should Apply

This entry-level opportunity is intended for candidates with a bachelor's degree and no required prior work experience. Applicants can review the technical tracks above and consider which area aligns with their education, programming knowledge and interests. Specific skills differ across the systems, cloud, AI, storage, operating-system, firmware, performance and enterprise design teams.

How to Apply

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