Managed Runtimes - Virtual Machine Software Developer (Ottawa)

Job ID SWG-0616121 Job type Full-time Regular Work country Canada Position type Professional Work city Ottawa Posted 02-Nov-2013 Travel No travel Job area IT & Telecommunications (non consulting) Business group IBM Software Group Job category Software Development & Support Business unit App Int SW Job role Software Developer Job role skillset C++ Commissionable/Sales-Incentive jobs only No

Job description

Ready to change the way the world works? This is your chance to develop innovative new technology products, as well as your career, with the world's second largest software-maker. Hone your expertise alongside fellow talented professionals, where you'll develop some of the most exciting software solutions on the market. At IBM, we're strongly committed to the advancement of open Internet standards and applications as well. As an IBM Software Developer, you'll use the latest tools and technologies available to deliver state-of-the-art software. You'll be responsible for ensuring that company software components are expertly designed, tested, debugged, verified, and ready for integration into IBM's best-of-breed solutions that help organizations improve their business outcomes in the global marketplace. Join us. Interested in learning more about IBM? Check out the IBM Global Careers newsletter. We are looking for a Java Virtual Machine software developer with the J9 VM team at the IBM Ottawa Lab. You will be responsible for the development of new features for the J9 VM and enhancing and maintaining the existing product. The J9 VM is supported across a large number of platforms from hand-held devices to large IBM server platforms. You need to be flexible working across a number of different architectures (x86, PowerPC, 390, ARM) and be comfortable programming/debugging at the Assembly level. You should enjoy performance analysis and tuning. You must work well in a team environment as much design/coding/debugging often takes place in a collaborative setting. Hardware knowledge/curiosity an asset as we often deal with non-standard configurations. You must be comfortable asking questions and working with limited documentation. You must enjoy low-level programming.

Required Bachelor's Degree English: Fluent

Preferred At least 5 years experience in C, C++, and Assembly language programming

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