Entry Level Software Developer: 2026

About the Job

As an Entry Level Software Developer at IBM in San Jose, CA, you will gain hands-on experience working on real-world projects. You will collaborate with designers and developers to build responsive, elegant, and user-friendly applications using modern web technologies.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in Agile development cycles (design, code, test, and support).
• Translate wireframes into functional user interfaces.
• Learn and apply best practices in software development and testing.
• Work with APIs, databases, and cloud-based services.

Who You Are:

Curious, motivated, eager to learn new technologies, a team player with strong communication and collaboration skills, and comfortable with debugging and adapting to new challenges.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and UI frameworks (React, Angular, Vue).
• Basic knowledge of backend technologies: Node.js, Java, Python, SQL.
• Understanding of software development tools (Git, IDEs) and version control.
• Exposure to automation testing frameworks and APIs.
• Awareness of operating systems, container technologies, and cloud platforms.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Experience with cloud platforms (IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure).
• Contributions to open-source projects.
• Familiarity with Agile tools and methodologies.
• Linux or Unix based OS
• Any one modern programming language like GO, NodeJS, JavaScript, Python
• Integrated development environments (e.g.: Eclipse, Visual Studio Code)
• Familiarity with Source control management (e.g. Git): to enable teams to work together to manage changes to source code
• Knowledge of containers, containers orchestration software, cloud platforms.
• Knowledge of SQL and relational database technology (e.g. Postgres, MySQL, Db2, Oracle, SQL Server)
• Knowledge of automating infrastructure, testing, and deployments using tools like Jenkins, Puppeteer, Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or any other automation framework
• Knowledge of Deployment tools like Jenkins, Travis: for ensuring the latest software release is packaged correctly, tested, and deployed to an application server.
• Development experience with REST API development

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