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# Backend Developer

- **Company:** IBM
- **Location:** United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Software Debugging, Integrated Development Environments, Software Engineering, Backend, Software Version Control
- **Published:** August 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/79822973-cb0d-4ebd-8499-bae48fdd7ba2

## About the Role

Curious, motivated, and eager to learn new technologies.

A team player with strong communication and collaboration skills.

Comfortable with debugging, problem-solving, and adapting to new challenges.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Required technical and professional expertise

 * Academic or professional experience with the Software Development Lifecycle

 * Basic knowledge of operating systems and how they work (i.e. Operating systems courses)

 * Strong communication skills

 * Basic problem solving skills

Preferred technical and professional experience

 * Foundational knowledge of system-level programming concepts

 * General AI practical application in development environment

 * Version control via tools like Git/GitHub

 * Agile methodologies, Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?, IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

## Description

As a Backend Developer, you'll gain hands-on experience working on real-world projects that impact users globally. You'll collaborate with architects and developers to build high-quality, elegant, and performant solutions.


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