Sr. Web Engineer I

IBM • Chicago, IL

135d • Hybrid

About The Position

A 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.

Requirements

• 8+ years of full-stack development experience, with a focus on the JavaScript ecosystem (Node.js, Express, Next.js) and its related tool chain.
• Strong expertise in backend and platform-side development, including API design, server-side architecture, and database integration and design.
• Deep expertise and experience with React.
• Experience with TypeScript, semantic HTML, CSS, and modern JavaScript standards.
• Demonstrated experience building high-quality web experiences from inception to completion that are accessible, performant, responsive, and scalable.
• Source code control best practices using GitHub or other similar tools.
• Understanding of and experience with unit, integration and end-to-end testing.
• Communicate clearly while remaining empathetic and kind.
• Have an eagerness to learn through humility and reflection.

Nice To Haves

• Strong experience working with Next.js and the Vercel platform.
• Familiarity with content management workflows and tools, including experience working with Markdown transformation pipelines.
• Experience building custom GitHub Actions or with similar CI/CD platforms.
• Experience using Docker and container-based deployments.
• Experience with deploying services and maintaining cloud-hosted services, AWS experience is a plus.
• Strong understanding of web accessibility standards and inclusive design principles, including a basic understanding of WCAG 2.2 Level AA accessibility standards.

Responsibilities

• Continuously improve the product by writing code in systems based on TypeScript, JavaScript, and React.
• Take ownership of, contribute to and evolve our backend systems and platform tooling in support of project initiatives.
• Advocate for clean code, refactoring when needed, and understanding trade-offs.
• Enable your teammates through technical contributions, code reviews, and pair programming.
• Learn and adhere to best practices, and provide suggestions for improvements, including reviewing and contributing to RFCs and PRDs.
• Collaborate with product and education engineers to improve their authoring experience of educational content and product documentation. Troubleshoot and support their publishing processes when necessary.
• Strive for consistency, and advocate for data-driven decisions.
• Communicate technical opinions and project rationale to other engineers and leadership.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Senior
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees