Application Developer/Tester

About the job

Your role and responsibilities

Application Developer/Tester, IBM Corporation, Houston, TX (Up to 60% telecommuting permitted):

• Act as the Technical SME for High Performance Storage Systems (HPSS), providing leadership for system-level test automation, build processes, and continuous integration pipelines.
• Own and manage the end-to-end build and test lifecycle for HPSS applications, ensuring consistent, repeatable, and automated processes across development, test, and release environments.
• Design, develop, and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts to validate functionality, integration, performance, and reliability of High-Performance Storage System components.
• Lead the development and enhancement of CI/CD build pipelines, integrating automated testing to support continuous validation and early defect detection.
• Develop and maintain an automated system-level build and test process capable of validating the full HPSS architecture, including storage workflows and system interactions.
• Ensure high levels of automated test coverage across HPSS applications, reducing reliance on manual testing.
• Contribute significantly to HPSS test team planning, release-readiness efforts, execution support, and test strategy.
• Provide technical guidance, mentoring, and training to junior and midlevel test engineers on best practices in automation, version control, and pipeline management.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex build, pipeline, and test failures, including root-cause analysis and long-term corrective actions.
• Establish and maintain standards and documentation for building automation, testing frameworks, and system validation procedures.
• Utilize: Java, C, C++, Python, Make/CMake, Maven/Gradle, Jenkins & GitHub Actions, Ansible, IBM Db2 & GPFS (IBM Storage Scale).

Required: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering or related and two (2) years of experience as an Application Developer or related. Two (2) years of experience must include utilizing Java, C, C++, Python, Make/CMake, Maven/Gradle, Jenkins & GitHub Actions, Ansible, IBM Db2 & GPFS (IBM Storage Scale). $87776 to $137200 per year. Full time. AV228.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science,
• Engineering or related and two (2) years of experience as an Application Developer or related.
• Two (2) years of experience must include utilizing Java, C, C++, Python, Make/CMake, Maven/Gradle, Jenkins & GitHub Actions, Ansible, IBM Db2 & GPFS (IBM Storage Scale).