Application Developer-Google Cloud FullStack

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

As an Application Developer: Google Cloud FullStack, you will design and develop cloud-native solutions using microservices-based modular designs, API-driven microservices, and event-driven architectures. You will work in a continuous release and improvement cycle via Agile, delivering scalable and resilient backend microservices and rich UI applications.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Develop Cloud-Native Solutions: Design and develop cloud-native solutions using microservices-based modular designs, API-driven microservices, and event-driven architectures, ensuring scalability and resilience.
• Deliver Scalable Backend Microservices: Develop backend microservices based on 12-factor principles, exposing functionality via API and event interfaces, and utilizing modern SQL and No-SQL modeling techniques.
• Create Rich UI Applications: Develop rich UI applications based on SPA or microfrontends using frameworks such as ReactJS or Angular, and utilizing progressive web application principles.
• Implement Event-Driven Architectures: Develop event-driven applications using Kafka, Zookeeper, and other cloud-native technologies, ensuring seamless integration and efficient data processing.
• Ensure Cloud-Native CI/CD: Implement cloud-native CI/CD pipelines for change release, utilizing hyperscaler cloud services and frameworks, and ensuring efficient testing and deployment.

This role can be performed from anywhere in the United States of America

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Deep Expertise in Cloud-Native Solutions: Experience with designing and developing cloud-native solutions using microservices-based modular designs, API-driven microservices, and event-driven architectures, with a focus on scalability and resilience.
• Proficiency in Full Stack Development: Experience with developing rich UI applications based on SPA or microfrontends using frameworks such as ReactJS or Angular, and utilizing progressive web application principles, as well as developing scalable and resilient backend microservices.
• Mastery of Microservices Development: Experience with developing backend microservices based on 12-factor principles, exposing functionality via API and event interfaces, and utilizing modern SQL and No-SQL modeling techniques.
• Expertise in Event-Driven Architectures: Experience with developing event-driven applications using Kafka, Zookeeper, and other cloud-native technologies, ensuring seamless integration and efficient data processing.
• Advanced Knowledge of Cloud-Native CI/CD: Experience with implementing cloud-native CI/CD pipelines for change release, utilizing hyperscaler cloud services and frameworks, and ensuring efficient testing and deployment.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Proficiency in Hyperscaler Cloud Services: Experience with hyperscaler cloud services and frameworks, including IBM Cloud, Google Cloud, and others, with a focus on scalability and resilience. Knowledge of cloud-native CI/CD pipelines and event-driven architectures is essential.
• Knowledge of Additional Programming Languages: Familiarity with multiple programming languages, including Java, GraalVM, NodeJS, Python, and .Net, with proficiency in one or more of these languages.
• Experience with IBM Cloud Services: Experience with IBM Cloud services, including PaaS, IKS cluster, ROKS Cluster, Cloud Foundry, and others, with a focus on scalability and resilience.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

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.

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ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

• - Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
• - Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
• - Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
• - Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
• - Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

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.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Job Title

Senior Application Developer - Google Cloud

Date posted

01-Oct-2026

Job ID

135004

City / Township / Village

San Jose

State / Province

California

Country

United States

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Infrastructure & Technology

Employment type

Regular

Contract type

Regular

Projected Minimum Salary per year

206,000.00

Projected Maximum Salary per year

242,000.00

Position type

Professional

Up to 80% or 4 days a week (home on weekends - based on project requirements)

Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?