Software Engineer – JVM Platform Engineering
IBM • Austin, TX • Posted June 27, 2026
About the Role
**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. We are building the next generation of watsonx.data—a GPU-accelerated, open data lakehouse engineered to deliver category-leading price-performance for analytics and AI workloads. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration, where you'll write high-performance Java across query engine components, storage connectors, and coordination services, and own JVM health in production—tuning garbage collection, eliminating memory pressure, and removing latency outliers. 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**...
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. We are building the next generation of watsonx.data—a GPU-accelerated, open data lakehouse engineered to deliver category-leading price-performance for analytics and AI workloads. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration, where you'll write high-performance Java across query engine components, storage connectors, and coordination services, and own JVM health in production—tuning garbage collection, eliminating memory pressure, and removing latency outliers. 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**...