Introduction We are seeking a skilled developer to join our IBM MQ Software development team. As part of our team, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining high-quality software, working with a variety of technologies and programming languages. The role requires a good level of personal organisation and the ability to work well within a distributed global team in a fast paced and exciting environment. The MQ team employs agile development practices with all team members actively engaged in the planning, development, testing and usability related tasks owned and delivered by their 'Delivery Team'. Preferred candidates will be enthusiastic, highly motivated team players who have software skills/experience and demonstrate a genuine desire and aptitude to perform the multi-disciplinary activities inherent in a Software Engineering role. The work performed will have a high degree of technical content, is diverse and challenging yet always rewarding. If you love technology, a technical challenge, being part of a successful team and want to make a difference to how global business meets the demands of moving data around the world quickly, securely and reliably then Messaging is for you. Your role and responsibilities Successful candidates will possess good coding and testing skills. A key focus of this role is the development of high quality and reliable automated system tests to verify new function / enhancements within the MQ product. A successful individual for this role should possess: - Ability to pick up product and technical skills quickly. - A passion for designing and implementing high quality code. - Strong analytical and problem solving expertise. - Ability to take ownership of tasks and see them through to completion. Please note - This position requires working onsite a minimum of 3 days per week at our Hursley location Required technical and professional expertise - Knowledge in Perl, Python or similar scripting languages. - Good working knowledge of Linux and Windows platforms. - Expertise in testing practices and familiarity with automated testing frameworks. Preferred technical and professional experience - 4 years experience in software development. - Skills in C/C++, Java & Ansible. - Exposure to development / diagnostic tools and processes (Eclipse, git, GDB, VisualSudio, Windbg, Wireshark). - Exposure to agile development methodologies and tools (git / Salesforce). 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.