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Introduction

Launch your software career with IBM!

Ready to turn your coding skills into real-world impact? As an Entry-Level Software Developer at IBM, you'll join a collaborative Agile team where your ideas matter from day one. Whether you've just finished school, completed a bootcamp, or built your skills independently, this is your opportunity to grow into a world-class developer. You'll work alongside experienced mentors to design, build, and deploy modern web applications that make a difference for businesses and communities around the world all in an environment designed to help early-career talent thrive.

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Contribute to every stage of the development cycle — from design and coding to testing and deployment.
• Collaborate closely with UX designers and senior developers to turn ideas into high-quality applications.
• Work with APIs, databases, and cloud services to build scalable software solutions.
• Apply Agile and DevOps practices to deliver reliable, high-performing systems.
• Learn directly from IBM experts through mentorship, code reviews, and continuous learning sessions.

Who You Are
You're early in your software career (01 year of professional experience) and excited to grow. You love solving problems, learning new tools, and collaborating with others to bring ideas to life. You're curious, proactive, and ready to make an impact from day one —with the guidance and support of experienced IBM developers.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Software development experience.
• Expertise working with one more of the following languages: Java, C/C++, PL/I, Assembler.
• Proficient in source control management tools such as GitHub and with Agile Life Cycle Management tools.
• Strong analytical, debugging and problem-solving skills to analyze issues and defects reported by customers, customer-facing teams, and test teams.
• Experience in developing tools and products using at least one scripting language: Ansible, Python, JavaScript, Typescript, Ruby, Rust, Swift, or Kotlin.
• Self-motivated to achieve goals.
• Ability to innovate in the areas of Product Engineering.
• Open to cross time zone collaboration.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to use conference and collaboration tools effectively.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Your experience and depth in the following areas will influence your competitiveness for a position as well as specific assignments

• Experience with software build technologies.
• Experience in creating, modernizing and supporting robust CI/CD pipelines.
• Agile Development Model.
• IBM Z Architecture, IBM z/OS Systems Programming.
• Databases and database systems including Db2, MongoDB, IMS, and other SQL / NoSQL databases (MySQL, MariaDB, etc.)
• JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript libraries like jQuery, Node.js, React, etc.
• DOM, JSON, CSS Frameworks, HTTP, SSL, MQ, TCP/IP.
• Cloud Architectures, Infrastructure (VPC, Kubernetes/OpenShift, Istio, Akamai etc.) and Migrations.
• Web development, REST APIs, and web services.
• Knowledge of VS Code extension development.
• Knowledge of Eclipse plugin development.
• Linux & Windows server environments.
• Microservice architecture and developing applications leveraging any of the following frameworks: Springboot, Liberty, Quarkus, Grails, etc.
• Enterprise software projects, including feature development, troubleshooting, production support, and customization based on business requirements.
• Design and Development of Code using Security Best Practices.
• AI/ML Engineering.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence—from machine learning to generative AI—to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM's AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM's hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments—a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Job Title

Entry Level Software Developer 2026: Lowell

Date posted

08-Jan-2026

Job ID

81690

City / Township / Village

LOWELL

State / Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Software Engineering

Employment type

Regular

Contract type

Regular

Projected Minimum Salary per year

110,880.00

Projected Maximum Salary per year

166,320.00

Position type

Entry Level

Travel required

No Travel

Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No



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