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Spark developer (San Jose/CA)

IBM

San Jose, CA

On-site

Full-time

1mo ago

Benefits & Perks

•Generous paid time off and holidays

•Team events and activities

•Competitive salary and equity package

•Professional development budget

•Equity

•Learning

Required Skills

Node.js

PostgreSQL

TypeScript

Spark developer (San Jose/CA)

2 months ago• San Jose, CA
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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.

We are seeking a skilled Software Developer to join our IBM Software team. As part of our team, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining high-quality software products, working with a variety of technologies and programming languages.

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 an experienced and highly skilled Spark Scala Developer.

The candidate will have a deep understanding of distributed computing, data pipelines, and real-time and batch data processing architecture.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and optimize big data applications using Apache Spark and Scala.
Architect and implement scalable data pipelines for both batch and real-time processing.
Collaborate with data engineers, analysts, and architects to define data strategies.
Optimize Spark jobs for performance and cost-effectiveness on distributed clusters.
Build and maintain reusable code and libraries for future use.
Work with various data storage systems like HDFS, Hive, HBase, Cassandra, Kafka, and Parquet.
Implement data quality checks, logging, monitoring, and alerting for ETL jobs.
Mentor junior developers and lead code reviews to ensure best practices.
Ensure security, governance, and compliance standards are adhered to in all data processes.
Troubleshoot and resolve performance issues and bugs in big data solutions.

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Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

12+ years of total software development experience.
Minimum5+ years of hands-on experience with

Apache Spark and

Scala.

Strong experience with distributed computing,parallel data processing, and cluster computing frameworks.
Proficiency in Scala with deep knowledge of functional programming.
Solid understanding of

Spark tuning,partitions,joins,broadcast variables, and performance optimization techniques.

Experience with cloud platforms such as

AWS,Azure, or GCP(especially EMR, Databricks, or HDInsight).

Hands-on experience with

Kafka,Hive,HBase,NoSQL databases, and data lake architectures.

Familiarity with

CI/CD pipelines,Git,Jenkins, and automated testing.

Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Experience with Databricks,Delta Lake, or Apache Iceberg.
Exposure to machine learning pipelines using Spark MLlib or integration with ML frameworks.
Experience with data governance tools (e.g., Apache Atlas, Collibra).
Contributions to open-source big data projects are a plus.
Excellent communication and leadership skills.

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.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Client-provided location(s): San Jose, CA

Job ID: IBM-52150

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-11-20T18:51:17
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