Senior Software Engineer - IBM Sterling (Remote)

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Position Purpose:

Key Responsibilities:

• 50% Delivery and Execution - Develops, tests, deploys, and maintains software, with a clear understanding of the value the software is to provide; Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy and enthusiasm; Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances; Develops test suites (functional, destructive, etc) to enable success, rapid deployment of code to production; Takes a broad view when approaching issues; using a global lens

• 20% Learns and Grows - Learns through successful and failed experiment when tackling new problems; Actively seeks ways to grow and be challenged using both formal and informal development channels

• 20% Plans and Aligns - Collaborates with other team members in agile processes; Creates new and better ways for the organization to be successful; Works the Product Team to ensure user stories are valuable, developer ready, easy to understand and testable; Delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences; Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations; Relates openly and comfortably with diverse groups of people

• 10% Supports and Enables - Helps grow junior engineers by providing guidance on modern software development frameworks, and leading technical discussions

Travel Requirements:

• No travel required.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• • Must be eighteen years of age or older.

  • Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

  • Experience building and maintaining distributed microservices in a production environment.

  • Hands-on experience with backend development using Java, Kotlin, or similar languages.

  • Experience designing and developing APIs and integrating with external enterprise systems.

  • Experience working with IBM Sterling OMS, including configuration, customization, or integration.

  • Experience with event-driven architectures and messaging technologies (e.g., Kafka, Google Pub/Sub, or IBM MQ).

  • Experience with cloud platforms (preferably Google Cloud Platform) and containerized environments (e.g., Kubernetes/GKE).

  • Understanding of secure application development and data handling practices in transactional systems.

  • Experience troubleshooting and supporting high-availability systems in production environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• • Experience working across both IBM Sterling OMS and downstream payment/tender integrations (e.g., card processors, PayPal, gift cards).

  • Familiarity with payment lifecycle management, including authorization, settlement (charge), refunds, and reversals.

  • Experience integrating with systems such as Payment Card Tender (PCT), Gift Card Tender (GCT), PayPal, or POS platforms.

  • Strong experience with event streaming and asynchronous processing patterns (Kafka, Pub/Sub) in large-scale systems.

  • Experience building or supporting systems with complex state management and transactional workflows.

  • Familiarity with hybrid platform environments (GKE + PCF/Cloud Foundry).

  • Experience with observability and operational tooling such as BigQuery (audit/log analysis), Grafana, Elasticsearch, and Vault.

  • Understanding of resiliency patterns such as idempotency, retry handling, and fault tolerance in transaction processing systems.

  • Prior experience in eCommerce, order management, or retail platforms supporting order-to-cash workflows.

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Preferred Education:

• No additional education

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 3

Competencies:

• Global Perspective

• Manages Ambiguity

• Nimble Learning

• Self-Development

• Collaborates

• Cultivates Innovation

• Situational Adaptability

• Communicates Effectively

• Drives Results

• Interpersonal Savvy

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