Entry Level Software Development Jobs in Calgary, AB

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 FutureNow 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.

As an Associate Application Developer specializing in Asset Management, you will support the design, development, configuration, and maintenance of Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) solutions using IBM Maximo and related technologies. This is an entry-level opportunity intended for recent graduates or early-career professionals who bring strong technical fundamentals, curiosity, and a willingness to learn enterprise platforms in a team-based environment.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Support Application Development: Assist in designing, developing, testing, and maintaining application components, configurations, scripts, and enhancements that support EAM solutions.
• Contribute to Integrations: Support the development and maintenance of interfaces and integrations between IBM Maximo and other enterprise systems using standard integration and data exchange methods.
• Develop Reports and Data Solutions: Assist with reports, queries, data loads, data conversions, and other technical solutions that help meet business and operational needs.
• Troubleshoot and Maintain Solutions: Help monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve application issues while supporting the reliability, performance, and maintainability of existing solutions.
• Learn and Apply Enterprise Technologies: Build knowledge of IBM Maximo, EAM processes, and related tools while applying software development fundamentals to real-world business needs.
• Collaborate Across Teams: Work with developers, analysts, functional teams, and business stakeholders to understand requirements, support testing, and contribute to solution delivery.
• Use Modern Development Practices: Follow established development, testing, documentation, and support processes, including responsible use of AI-assisted tools where appropriate.

Associate's Degree/College Diploma

• Graduated within the last 24 months from a post-secondary program (MBA not accepted)
• Agentic and Generative AI: Experience using Generative AI and agentic AI tools to support software development, documentation, workflow automation, and knowledge retrieval. Ability to apply these tools responsibly with appropriate attention to accuracy, validation of outputs, data privacy, security, and human oversight.
• Software Development Fundamentals: Understanding of core concepts such as object-oriented programming, basic application design, debugging, testing, code quality, and version control.
• Integration and Web Fundamentals: Familiarity with APIs, web applications, REST/SOAP services, and data formats such as JSON or XML.
• Database and Data Skills: Foundational understanding of relational databases, including the ability to write basic SQL queries and work with structured data.
• Reporting, Automation, or Technical Problem Solving: Exposure to reports, workflows, scripting, automation, or technical support activities through academic work, internships, lab work, or projects.
• Interest in Enterprise Application Development: Willingness and ability to learn IBM Maximo, Enterprise Asset Management concepts, and enterprise application development practices. Prior Maximo experience is not required.
• Analytical and Learning Agility: Demonstrated problem-solving ability, attention to detail, and capacity to learn new tools, technologies, and business processes quickly.
• Communication and Teamwork: Ability to communicate effectively, collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders, and contribute in a team-oriented environment.

• Exposure to IBM Maximo, Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), or other enterprise business applications through coursework, internships, or projects.
• Familiarity with IT service management concepts such as incident, problem, or change management.
• Knowledge of database concepts, including data modeling, data validation, and data governance fundamentals.
• Exposure to reporting tools, dashboards, or data visualization concepts.
• Familiarity with Agile development practices, software development lifecycle concepts, or DevOps-related ways of working.
• Experience using AI-assisted development or productivity tools in academic, project, or internship settings.

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.

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

Job ID

124499

City / Township / Village

State / Province

Alberta

Country

Canada

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Infrastructure & Technology

Employment type

Regular

Contract type

Regular

Projected Minimum Salary per year

70,000.00

Projected Maximum Salary per year

70,000.00

Position type

Entry Level

Up to 20% or 1 day a week

Company

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?