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. Our legacy of innovation creates endless opportunities for IBMers to learn, grow, and make an impact on a global scale. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration. You’ll work with diverse technologies, partners, and industries to design, develop, and deliver solutions that power digital transformation. 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

Drive Engineering and Operational Excellence: Set the standard for engineering excellence, driving best practices, architecture review processes, and operational maturity across the organization.
Influence Technical Strategy: Apply deep knowledge of the business and advanced software engineering expertise to guide and influence the most challenging projects that are transformational, complex, high-risk, or technically demanding.
Lead in Innovation: Anticipate, identify, and execute on innovative and visionary concepts for IBM/HashiCorp products and practices that drive the product roadmap, solve complex industry issues, and aim for game-changing market leadership.
Steward Architecture: Shape the organization's technical direction on key technologies, architectural patterns, and client solutions, particularly in areas like reliable data lifecycle, secure orchestration, and control plane.
Force Multiply the Cross-Functional Team: Act as a force multiplier by actively mentoring senior engineers, delegating high-leverage work, developing and building a sustainable, strong peer technical network to scale organizational impact.

Required education

None

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

College or university degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
Deep expertise of progressive experience in software engineering with modern programming languages and paradigms like Golang.
Experience with distributed systems and enterprise services at scale.
Experience operating in a Staff Engineer, Senior Staff Engineer or Principal Engineer capacity with demonstrated influence spanning multiple teams or organizations.
Proven ability to serve as Technical Lead for challenging business-critical projects leading cross-functional teams.
Experience crafting multi-quarter/multi-year technical strategy aligned with product goals.
Strong communication skills thriving in document-based culture using asynchronous/synchronous collaboration.
Collaborative approach emphasizing cross-functional inclusion for product management, design and engineering teams.
Ability to navigate ambiguity while remaining empathetic and kind.

Preferred technical experience

Experience using HashiCorp secure products (Vault, Radar, Boundary).
Familiarity with domain driven design (DDD).
Driven to deliver highest quality solutions.
Passion for continuous self-improvement and mentoring others.
Alignment with IBM professional principles.

Job details

Location: LOWELL, San Jose, Austin State / Province: Texas, Massachusetts, California Country: United States Work arrangement: Hybrid Area of work: Software Engineering Employment type: full_time Contract type: Regular Position type: Professional Travel required: Some travel may be required based on business demand Shift: General (daytime) Commissionable/sales incentive position: No Company: International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) Date posted: 11-Feb-2026 Job ID: 87906

Salary information (USD per year)

Projected minimum salary: $189000 Projected maximum salary: $324000 Salary range category: over_120k

Skills mentioned

IAM SCIM Identity Federation Golang distributed systems enterprise services at scale taff/Senior Staff/Principal Engineering leadership tTechnical Strategy development tCross-functional Team leadership tDocument-based Communication skills tCollaborative Cross-functional inclusion tAmbiguity navigation tEmpathy tHashiCorp Vault tHashiCorp Radar tHashiCorp Boundary tDomain Driven Design - DDD