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# Entry Level Back-End Developer

- **Company:** IBM
- **Location:** Tucson, AZ, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Contract:** Internship / Graduate position
- **Skills:** Testing (Software), Unit Testing, Cloud Computing, Computer Programming, Data Structures, Revision Control Systems, Python (Programming Language), Open Source Technology, Software Engineering, Scripting, Backend, Git, Api Design
- **Published:** August 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000gprizu

## About the Role

Required technical and professional expertise

 * Python or C/C++ programming skills - demonstrated via school projects, internships, and/or coursework

 * Strong interest in working in low level coding (close to hardware), operating system and application development

 * Data structures/Software Design

 * Excellent communications skills / documentation skills

 * Strong verbal and written communication skills.

 * Passion for technology and engineering

 * Growth-minded, trusted, team focused, courageous, resourceful, and outcome focused.

Preferred technical and professional experience

 * Operating Systems course work or experience

 * Understanding of Databases and SQL programming

 * Git (preferred) or other source control systems

 * Contributing to open source project experience

 * Python (ideal) or other scripting languages

 * Familiarity with AI and Machine Learning frameworks

 * Software test / unit test development in the context of software development

 * Experience with using and developing APIs

 * Understanding of virtualization concepts and cloud operations

 * Algorithms and data structures course work



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