Job Description

Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You'll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you'll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.
In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.
Your role and responsibilities
Design, develop, test, and deliver enterprise-grade, high-performance web applications using modern front-end frameworks and cloud technologies.
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams in an Agile environment, owning the translation of business requirements and design mockups into responsive, accessible, and pixel-perfect UIs.
Proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve complex performance bottlenecks, integration challenges, and cross-browser/device compatibility issues.
Drive the adoption of best practices in front-end architecture, code quality, performance optimization, and security.
Contribute to cloud-enabled solution designs, leveraging platforms such as AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or IBM Cloud, with readiness to pursue certifications where beneficial.
Stay current with evolving frameworks and technologies including Angular and its new versions (i.e. v.18), Next.js, Vercel, MuleSoft, Jenkins, and others; guide junior developers in adopting these tools effectively.
Build clean, reusable, and scalable component-driven architectures using JavaScript/TypeScript and Angular, including RxJS and NgRx libraries.
Architect and integrate front-end applications with REST/GraphQL APIs and back-end services using secure and scalable design patterns.
Explore and contribute to next-generation UI/UX experiences, including AI-enhanced features such as natural language interfaces, contextual personalization, or real-time predictive capabilities.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

• 3-5 years of professional experience in front-end and full-stack web development, with strong expertise in JavaScript (ES6+) and TypeScript.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver clean, maintainable, and scalable production code in Angular (primary) with RxJS and NgRx libraries, and hands-on exposure to React and/or Vue.
• Proven experience implementing Next.js features such as server-side rendering, API routes, and advanced performance optimizations.
• Deep understanding of responsive design, accessibility standards (WCAG 2.1+), cross-browser compatibility, and modern CSS techniques (e.g., CSS Modules, Flexbox, Grid).
• Strong proficiency with Git, npm/Yarn, and modern build/bundling tools.
• Practical back-end/full-stack development experience using Node.js, Express, or Spring Boot, including integration with RESTful APIs and GraphQL services.
• Solid knowledge of SDLC, Agile/Scrum practices, and automated front-end testing methodologies.
• Ability to mentor junior developers, conduct code reviews, and contribute to technical decision-making.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience with modern testing frameworks and tools, including end-to-end testing with Playwright or Cypress.
• Hands-on deployment experience with platforms such as Vercel, Netlify, or Firebase Hosting.
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins) and infrastructure automation.
• Familiarity with AI/ML-enhanced UX features such as personalization engines, smart assistants, or natural language-driven interactions.
• Awareness or practical experience with cloud infrastructure tools like Terraform, Docker, or Ansible.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT
IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.
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
Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.
This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.
The salary range for the position is based on a full-time schedule. Your ultimate salary within this range may vary depending on your job-related skills and experience for this position.
Job Title
Application Developer - Full Stack
Job ID
81996
City / Township / Village
Bedford
State / Province
Nova Scotia
Country
Canada
Work arrangement
Hybrid
Area of work
Infrastructure & Technology
Employment type
Regular
Contract type
Regular
Projected Minimum Salary per year
72,675.00
Projected Maximum Salary per year
94,050.00
Position type
Professional
Travel required
Up to 20% or 1 day a week
Company
(0026) IBM Canada Limited - IBM Canada Limitee
Shift
General (daytime)
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?
No

Skills Required