Senior Engineer for Microservices Platform

IBM
📍 toronto, on, Canada 💼 Full-time 🕒 Posted June 06, 2026

Job Description

Join IBM as a Senior Engineer, specializing in microservices and backend systems in Markham, Toronto. This role emphasizes system design, operational excellence, and mentoring.

As a Senior Software Engineer II, you'll lead backend system implementations, ensuring reliability and performance within a complex cloud-first landscape. You'll collaborate across teams for coherent data models and API definitions, contributing to architecture decisions that inform system operability. Mentorship will also play a key role in growing team expertise.

Key Responsibilities: • Own design and implementation of backend services • Communicate architecture tradeoffs effectively • Enhance service operations through improved observability • Mentor junior engineers via reviews and guidance • Identify and implement tooling improvements for development

Requirements: • 7+ years experience in building scalable backend systems • Proficiency in programming languages such as Java or Go •...

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Job Details

  • Location toronto, on
  • Job Type Full-time
  • Category IT & Technology
  • Posted Date June 06, 2026
  • Application Deadline July 16, 2026