Build Systems Engineer - Python

Introduction
A career in IBM Software means you'll be part of a team that transforms our customers 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.

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
Join IBM's worldwide design organization for AI Applications, where our mission is to empower users to do their best work through intuitive and visually engaging interfaces. As a Designer, you'll play a crucial role in creating end-to-end customer experiences for AI-enabled solutions that help businesses make informed, data-driven decisions.

Responsibilities:

• Own the core build tooling for our Python monorepo built with pants.
• Develop and maintain internal build tool plugins and development environment tooling.
• Own and develop the integration of our python tooling stacks: python3.8, pytest, flake8, pylint, mypy, 150+ pypi libs
• Provide integration support for IDEs in our build and test environment (VSCode, IntelliJ)
• Develop and maintain engineer-facing build, test, profile, static analysis, and release tooling
• Serve as an owner in the continuous process of maintaining the canon of “Best Practices” including the policy judgement made around code style, documentation conventions, calling patterns, and library use including identifying and migrating to common third-party
• libraries, where appropriate.
• Educate the engineering teams on best practices, and where possible, automate enforcement and migrate existing code to ensure compliance
• Define and maintain the environment defined by a “correct” checkout of the dev environment, the associated automated tooling, as wellas the “correct” integration with various IDEs and profiling tooling
• Provide technical support and training to engineers on the use of the development environment

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Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 5+ years of professional experience in Python
• 3+ years of experience in Linux environments
• 3+ years of professional experience in Bash Shell Scripting
• Quick learner and ability to quickly add value to the team

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Strong knowledge of python language, runtime, and ecosystem
• Experience with tooling in monorepos
• Pants or similar core build system

What we offer:

• Working for a top 5 IT company according to Forbes 2022 best employers ranking
• International and prestigious projects
• Highly skilled teams of experts
• Wide range of IBM trainings and certificates
• Access to Udemy, Harvard Business Review, O’Reilly, Interskill, IBM AI Skills Academy

And what is more:

• Contract of employment
• Competitive compensation – salary range, depending on your skills and experience
• Private medical care and life insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Sport, charity & other networking groups
• Summer / winter camps for children
• Discounts with IBM employee badge
• Referral Bonus Program
• Home office option
• No dress code