**Introduction** MQ is looking for an experienced software engineer to join their MQ delivery team who are responsible for several areas of the product, including Containerisation, Software as a Service, Kubernetes support, Web UI, REST & JMS API's, Install and Security. The role seeks good levels of personal organisation and the ability to work well within a distributed global team in a fast paced and exciting environment. You will be office based, working with senior software engineers who will help you integrate into the team, the department and wider IBM. You will be joining a development squad following Design Thinking and Agile principles where you are expected to collaboratively develop creative solutions. The work can be varied, flexibility to learn new technologies and skills is key as we look look to help grow your career within IBM. A positive attitude and a passion to succeed is essential in joining a high performing MQ development team. 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.We are seeking a skilled back-end developer to join our IBM Software team. As part of our team, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining high-quality software products, working with a variety of technologies and programming languages. 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** MQ for z/OS is used by many of the world's largest companies including banks, airlines and insurance providers. As part of the MQ for z/OS ops team you will be responsible for ensuring that every version of the product that is released exceeds the high level of quality that our customers demand. You will be responsible for MQ's testing infrastructure, which will include analysing test failures, improving the infrastructure and writing new tests and test automation. There will also be opportunities to work with our customers to ensure that our testing reflects their needs.The role seeks good levels of personal organization, and the ability to work well with a distributed global team in a fast paced and exciting environment. You will be office based, working with senior team members who will be able to help you integrate into the team, the department and wider IBM. You will be required to communicate your status on a daily basis, come up with creative solutions to problems and be flexible. Supporting the team where your help is required and to be able to demonstrate a positive attitude and a passion to succeed. **Required technical and professional expertise** * 3-7 year experience in software development. * Good skills in Java, C/C++, JCL. * Knowledge in zOS platform, JCL, system programming on zOs, Shell Scripting, Perl, python etc scripting * Demonstrable coding skills, detail oriented thinking, and creative problem solving skills. * Ability to pickup product and technical skills quickly and become productive at the earliest. * Passion to code development, solve complex engineering problems and help customers. **Preferred technical and professional experience** '-Experience with the z/OS operating system -Experience with MQ -Exposure to agile development methodology and tools -Perl experience -Python