IBM
Front End Developer
IBMCanada18 hours ago
Full-timeEngineering, Information Technology
Introduction

At IBM, software development is a craft—one that blends engineering excellence with thoughtful design to solve real-world problems. As a Software Developer in IBM Data Security, you’ll be part of a team building secure, scalable, and cloud-native services that power our SaaS offerings. You’ll work alongside engineers who care deeply about clean architecture, performance, and reliability, contributing to products that protect data across industries and geographies. If you’re passionate about development, distributed systems, and designing for scale, this is the place to build something meaningful.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a front-end developer, you’ll be part of a passionate team building new, powerful applications contributing to the evolution of our SaaS platforms. Our team is comprised of user experience designers, visual designers, front-end developers, and design researchers. We are looking for an experienced and passionate front-end developer who can bridge design and engineering to create high performing scalable applications that meet and exceed our users' needs.

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

  • Solid knowledge of the latest web standards and front-end engineering tools (HTML, CSS, Javascript, Web Components, REST API, GraphQL, Typescript, Node/NPM, Responsive UI)
  • Experience with Accessibility (a11y) best practices, tools and techniques such as compatibility with keyboard navigation, screen readers and WCAG AA guidelines
  • Experience with localization and internationalization (i18n)
  • Experience with front end frameworks such as React/Next.js
  • Experience in building user centric and scalable UI frameworks and design systems
  • Ability to write clean, testable, and maintainable code.
  • Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills in Agile environments

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

  • Knowledge and experience of using micro front-ends and web components to architect framework agnostic applications shells for multi-framework support
  • Experience working with cloud platforms (IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure, or GCP).
  • Experience in Golang and back-end service development
  • Experience designing and building RESTful APIs and microservices
  • A good understanding of Cloud Technologies and end to end delivery of data intensive SaaS products
  • Knowledge of CI/CD best practices and tools for improving and maintaining performance and code quality
  • Deep understanding of event-driven systems and message queues, including when to apply asynchronous patterns for decoupling and performance
  • Ability to evaluate and implement effective caching strategies to reduce latency and improve throughput

Key Skills

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