Software Automation Engineer

3 weeks ago• Pune, India
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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

At IBM Software, we transform client challenges into solutions. Building the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. Our legacy of innovation creates endless opportunities for IBMers to learn, grow, and make an impact on a global scale. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration. You'll work with diverse technologies, partners, and industries to design, develop, and deliver solutions that power digital transformation. With a culture that values innovation, growth, and continuous learning, IBM Software places you at the heart of IBM's product and technology landscape. Here, you'll have the tools and opportunities to advance your career while creating software that changes the world.

Your role and responsibilities

• Develop and integrate RESTful APIs using Java or Go Lang in a cloud-native environment.

• Contribute to the evolution of microservices-based architectures and containerized deployments (Docker, Kubernetes).

• Participate in code reviews, write unit/integration tests, and support debugging efforts.

• Support backend operations including basic monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting under guidance.

• Define overall testing strategy and objectives aligned with project goals.

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• Develop detailed test plans including scope, approach, resources, schedule, and deliverables, there by ensuring test adequacy.

• Implement and maintain test automation to ensure product reliability, quality and performance.

• Review the test-cases, automation code/scripts and test data.

• Coordinate setup and maintenance of test environments.

• Ensure timely identification, logging, tracking, and resolution of defects.

• Coordinate with development and business teams to prioritize and fix bugs.

• Test components for optimal performance across a vast array of web-capable devices and browsers.

• Work across Linux and Windows operating systems to ensure broad compatibility and deployment readiness.

• Collaborate with team members across different layers of the tech stack as well as product management to deliver cohesive, high-performance, high quality features.

• Translate functional business requirements and technical specifications into reliable and maintainable deliveries.

• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues in collaboration with other engineers.

• Drive greenfield initiatives, and influence product direction while mentoring junior engineers across cross-functional teams to shape technical strategy.

• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies (daily stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives) and contribute to continuous improvement.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• 15+ years of experience in software development and testing/quality assurance, with a focus on automation and performance scripting.

• Backend development experience using Java, J2EE, and/or Go Lang.

• Hands-on experience building or supporting RESTful APIs and integrating backend services.

• Deep understanding of manual and automated testing techniques (e.g., black box, white box, regression, performance testing).

• Proficient in testing front-end interfaces built using React, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5, CSS3, and integrating with backend APIs.

• Proficiency in automation tools like Rest Assured, Selenium, Cucumber, JUnit,etc.

• Knowledge of performance test tools like JMeter, Load Runner, or similar tools.

• Strong at system administration

• Linux, Windows, Mac with passion for scripting, coding and automation.

• Strong understanding of RESTful API design, consumption, and integration across frontend and backend services.

• Skilled in working with Postgres or other relational databases, including basic query writing and data access patterns.

• Exposure to microservices principles and containerization using Docker.

• Hands-on experience in deploying full stack applications on AWS and Red Hat Open Shift (OCP/ROSA), with the ability to build end-to-end cloud-native solutions.

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins), and configuration management using tools like Jira and Git.

• Experience with monitoring tools suited for full stack observability such as ELK Stack, Instana, and Grafana.

• Strong testing background with Selenium, JUnit, Sonar Qube, and frontend testing tools (e.g., Jest, Cypress).

• Exposure to Shell scripting and Node.js for task automation and lightweight services.

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments, with strong collaboration skills.

• Exposure to security domain concepts, especially UI-facing aspects like OAuth, CSP, and secure session management, would be added advantage.

• Effective cross-functional collaboration skills in multi-team, multi-region environments.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Familiarity with backend architectural design patterns (e.g., microservices, event-driven architecture).

• Familiarity with API security concepts like OAuth2, JWT, or simple authentication mechanisms.

• Hands-on experience with cryptographic algorithms, protocols (e.g., TLS, FIPS), and Java security frameworks.

• Understanding of security vulnerabilities, secure coding practices, implementation of appropriate resolutions and awareness of common vulnerabilities (e.g., OWASP Top 10).

• Awareness of Dev Sec Ops principles, including interest in integrating security into CI/CD workflows.

• Exposure to scripting with Shell, Python, or Node.js for backend automation or tooling is a plus.

• Working knowledge of Section 508 and WCAG • Experience with Carbon Design System or similar UI frameworks.

• Knowledge and experience in security and • Enthusiasm for working on scalable systems, learning cloud-native patterns, and improving backend reliability.

• Ability to create video demos and write blogs on product use-cases.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT:

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.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

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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Client-provided location(s): Pune, India

Job ID: IBM-84689

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2026-01-09T18:49:55
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