Overview of my experience:
I worked at IBM for 4 years, it was an amazing journey from campus selection to onboarding. However, our training was mostly based on Java, SAP, and a short course on full stack and agile. Being associated with a brand like IBM, and the company culture is par excellence for freshers as well.
In my initial years, with some confusion and lack of awareness, I was working on a functional ERP side like SAP EHS. After 2 years, I realized that I was lagging behind in innovation and trending technologies which channelized my interest toward products. I started coding extensively and working on some minor projects. Kept posting on GitHub and created a portfolio for designs on Behance which led me to crack an internal interview in the company on UI/UX in a banking project.
Responsibilities: My responsibilities as UX Engineer during my tenure.
- Writing clean and efficient code using programming languages such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and front-end frameworks like Angular.
- Building user-friendly and responsive front-end interfaces to enhance the user experience
- Developing and maintaining server-side logic and APIs to facilitate seamless communication between the front-end and back-end components.
- Integrating third-party libraries, APIs, and services to extend the functionality of the applications.
- Collaborating with the development team to design, develop, and deploy web applications.
- Designing the web-UI applications screens in Figma/Sketch and coordinating with other developers along with myself.
I learned a great deal in the UX unicorn role which might be the future in UI/UX where you get hands-on experience in both design and development. The major benefit being a designer with technical feasibility awareness. The company culture is management driven in India but overall extremely respectful with a lot of perks, benefits, and unlimited sick leaves policy considering employee concerns. My tenure at IBM was a career-defining one.