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Software Developer - Python Developer

IBM

Dublin, Ireland

On-site

Full-time

1mo ago

Benefits & Perks

•Team events and activities

•Generous paid time off and holidays

•Competitive salary and equity package

•Flexible work arrangements

•Professional development budget

•401(k) matching

•Equity

•Flexible Hours

•Learning

Required Skills

PostgreSQL

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Python

Software Developer

Python Developer

2 months ago• Dublin, Ireland
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About Us

IBM researches, develops, manufactures, and markets technology products ranging from mainframe computers to cognitive solutions, always with a core drive to innovate and explore new fields.
Size: 10000+ employees

Industry: Technology

Introduction

A career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customer's challenges into solutions.

Seeking new possibilities and always staying curious, we are a team dedicated to creating the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native software solutions for our customers. Our renowned legacy creates endless global opportunities for our IBMers, so the door is always open for those who want to grow their career.

IBM's product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive.

Your role and responsibilities

We are seeking experienced Python Developers to join the Context Forge MCP Gateway team.

ContextForge is an open-source production-grade gateway, proxy, and registry for Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and A2A Agents. It federates MCP and REST services, providing unified discovery, auth, rate-limiting, observability, virtual servers, multi-transport protocols, plugins and an Admin UI: https://github.com/IBM/mcp-context-forge

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As an Experienced Python Developer, you will design and implement complex features for MCP protocol, distributed systems, and AI agent orchestration. You will take ownership of significant technical components, mentor junior developers, and contribute to architectural decisions. This role requires strong expertise in distributed systems, async Python, and production service development.

Your Role And Responsibilities Technical Leadership
Design and implement complex features: federation logic, virtual server composition, A2A orchestration
Own significant technical components: authentication system, caching layer, protocol handlers
Make architectural decisions for your domain areas with guidance from Engineering Manager
Lead technical discussions and code reviews within the team
Mentor Band 6-7 developers through pair programming and code reviews
Core Development
Build sophisticated MCP protocol handlers: JSON-RPC, tools/prompts/resources, session management
Design multi-tenant auth systems: OAuth2, JWT, SSO (OIDC), RBAC middleware, team isolation
Implement distributed federation: Redis pub/sub, mDNS discovery, peer health checks, conflict resolution
Create A2A agent integration: Lang Chain runtime, metrics collection, complex workflow orchestration
Develop multi-transport protocols: SSE, WebSocket, stdio, streamable-HTTP with advanced features
Optimize performance: caching strategies, database query optimization, async patterns
System Design & Architecture
Design scalable systems: horizontal scaling, load balancing, failover strategies
Implement production-ready patterns: circuit breakers, retry logic, rate limiting, backpressure
Build observability: Open Telemetry instrumentation, Prometheus metrics, structured logging
Design for security: threat modeling, input validation, secrets management, RBAC enforcement
Plan database schema: migrations, indexing strategies, query optimization
Code Quality & Excellence
Maintain 90%+ test coverage: unit, integration, E2E, mutation testing
Implement comprehensive error handling and recovery mechanisms
Write technical documentation: architecture decisions, API specs, runbooks
Establish best practices and coding standards for the team

Contribute to CI/CD improvements: test automation, deployment pipelines, quality gates

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Python Development (5+ years)
Few years of software development experience in Python with strong expertise
Deep knowledge of Python 3.11+ features: async/await, type hints, protocols, dataclasses, decorators
Expert-level experience with FastAPI or similar async frameworks (aiohttp, Starlette)
Strong understanding of async Python: asyncio patterns, event loops, concurrent execution
Advanced database skills: SQLAlchemy 2.0, complex queries, migrations, performance tuning
Distributed Systems
Experience designing and building distributed systems in production environments
Knowledge of distributed system patterns: caching, message queues, service discovery, load balancing
Hands-on experience with Redis: caching, pub/sub, distributed locks, rate limiting
Understanding of consistency models, CAP theorem, eventual consistency
Experience with multi-region deployments and data replication
API & Protocol Design
Expert-level REST API design with OpenAPI/Swagger documentation
Experience with JSON-RPC or similar RPC protocols
Understanding of API versioning, backward compatibility, deprecation strategies
Knowledge of transport protocols: HTTP/2, SSE, WebSocket, gRPC
Experience with API gateways, proxies, or similar middleware systems
Security & Authentication
Deep understanding of OAuth2 flows: authorization code, client credentials, refresh tokens
Experience implementing JWT-based authentication and token validation
Knowledge of RBAC, ABAC, and policy-based authorization systems
Understanding of security best practices: OWASP Top 10, secure coding, threat modeling
Experience with secrets management and encryption (at-rest and in-transit)
Production Operations
Experience with observability: Open Telemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, distributed tracing
Knowledge of containerization: Docker, container networking, multi-stage builds
Understanding of CI/CD: GitHub Actions, automated testing, deployment strategies
Experience with production incidents: debugging, root cause analysis, post-mortems
Proficiency with Linux environments and shell scripting
Professional Skills
Strong architectural thinking and system design capabilities
Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
Ability to mentor junior developers and conduct thorough code reviews
Strong written and verbal communication for technical documentation and discussions
Self-directed with ability to lead projects from design to deployment

Preferred technical and professional experience

Advanced Python & Performance
Experience with Python performance optimization: profiling, caching, async patterns
Knowledge of Python internals: GIL, memory management, garbage collection
Familiarity with Python C extensions or Rust bindings (PyO3)
Experience with Python packaging and distribution: PyPI, wheels, source distributions
AI/ML Infrastructure
Experience with AI infrastructure, LLM applications, or agentic systems
Hands-on with OpenAI API, Anthropic API, Lang Chain, or similar frameworks
Understanding of prompt engineering, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), or agent orchestration
Knowledge of AI observability: token tracking, latency monitoring, cost optimization
Advanced Distributed Systems
Experience with Kubernetes: Helm charts, operators, service meshes
Knowledge of federation patterns: GraphQL federation, multi-cluster coordination
Understanding of edge computing and CDN integration
Experience with distributed tracing and correlation across microservices
Security & Compliance
Experience with security scanning: Bandit, Trivy, Grype, SAST/DAST tools
Knowledge of compliance frameworks: SOC2, GDPR, HIPAA, audit logging
Understanding of zero-trust architecture and network security
Experience with penetration testing or security audits
Open Source & Community
Active contributions to open-source projects (GitHub profile)
Experience with community management or developer advocacy
Technical writing: blog posts, documentation, tutorials
Conference presentations or technical talks

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IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence-from machine learning to generative AI-to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM's AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM's hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments-a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

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.

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For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

Client-provided location(s): Dublin, Ireland

Job ID: IBM-71816

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-11-07T18:48:22
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