Application Developer-Intern in Perth, Australia

Introduction

At IBM, work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities

We’re looking for a real-world problem solver with the technical savvy to make the impossible, possible. As an Associate Application Developer, you’ll help design, develop, and integrate solutions using future-looking technologies, techniques, and products our clients demand today. You’ll work with clients, finding solutions to major challenges by translating system requirements into the design and development of customized systems in an agile environment.

Work you could do as an Associate Application Developer:

• Define, detail, and scope the technical requirements into solution architecture and drive an independent project from an architectural standpoint

• Translate software requirements into working and maintainable solutions within the existing application frameworks

• Design, develop and/or re-engineer application components, and integrate software packages, programs, and reusable objects residing on multiple platforms

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and define technical specifications for projects that may involve generative AI

• Document technical specifications, system architecture, and design decisions for projects that may involve generative AI, ensuring clear communication within the team and stakeholders

• Build reusable code that scales and maintain code quality

• Use IBM’s Design Thinking to create products that provide a great user experience along with high performance, security, quality, and stability

• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems

• Support Code Review process / tools, troubleshooting, performance tuning

• Help maintain and improve code quality, organization, and automatization

• Design and code servers, services, applications, and databases that are reusable, scalable, and meet critical architecture goals

• Create Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that are clean, well-documented, and easy to use

• Work with a variety of relational and NoSQL databases (SQL, Postgres, DB2, MongoDB), operating systems (Linux, Windows, iOS, Android), and modern UI frameworks (Backbone.js, AngularJS, React.js, Ember.js, Bootstrap, and JQuery

• Work across the entire system architecture, from backend to front end, to design, develop, and support high quality and scalable products

• Create everything from mockups and UI components to algorithms and data structures as you deliver a complete minimally viable product

• Support Technical Consultants and lead in building solutions and providing technical mentoring and guidance

Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Microservices architecture and infrastructure concepts

• Familiarity with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, IBM Cloud, and Google Cloud

• Familiarity with Springboot and .Net frameworks

• Proficiency in working with Git repositories for version control and collaborative development

• Exposure to deploying applications with container technology like Docker and container orchestration technology like Kubernetes or RedHat OpenShift is highly desired

• Familiarity with generative AI modelling, ethics, and methodologies

• Familiarity with web markup languages, including HTML5, CSS3

• Strong interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication skills

• Familiar with database development on platform like PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle

• Familiar with twelve-factor cloud design principles

• Familiar with best practices around design patterns, performance tuning, automated and unit testing

• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions

• Demonstrated programming proficiency and experience with 1 of the following (Java, C++, Python, Scala, R, SAS, SQL, Hadoop, HTML, SPSS, VBA, Tableau, Spark, Angular, ReactJS), as well as systems design/development, and information technology course work

• Ability to thrive in an ever changing, technology based consulting environment, using agile development techniques

• Exposure to web services, API, and multiple Java application frameworks highly desired

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

Duration: 6 months, full-time based in either our Perth office

Study backgrounds: All degrees welcomed

To be eligible to apply:

Intern applicants must meet the following requirements:

• Have Australian citizenship, Australian Permanent Residency or Unrestricted Working Rights (Visa)

• You will be enrolled in a tertiary degree at University in Australia – for the duration of the internship program

• Have no more than 2 years relevant work experience

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

As Above

About Business UnitIBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

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