**Introduction** A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio **Your role and responsibilities** As an Associate Software Developer at IBM, you'll work with clients to co-create solutions to major real-world challenges by using best practice technologies, tools, techniques, and products to translate system requirements into the design and development of customized systems **Required technical and professional expertise** * Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related field. * 5-9 years of professional experience using JAVA, Spring Boot, Microservice, Rest API, SQL * Strong proficiency in Java & Microservices * Extensive backend expertise with a focus on building strong and efficient backend systems and exposure to front-end development. * Fundamental experience in Frontend Development along with Java would be an added advantage **Preferred technical and professional experience** * Solid understanding of design patterns and SOLID principles, Solid Understanding on JAVA, Spring Boot, Microservice, Rest API, SQL * Solid understanding of relational databases and experience with SQL, java * Proficiency in using Azure services for cloud-based application development IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and 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, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.