AI Developer

Introduction

Are you passionate about leveraging AI to drive transformative changes within an organization? Do you enjoy working collaboratively with cross-functional teams to infuse AI capabilities into various business

functions?

IBM’s AI Center of Excellence (CoE), stands at the forefront of innovation, leveraging the latest advancements in Generative AI to drive internal transformation.

• Join us in the pursuit of not just solving business challenges across IBM Infrastructure, but reshaping the landscape for our employees through creative AI solutions. Immersing ourselves in the technology we deliver to our clients, we're not just adapting to change; we're driving it.
• Join us in redefining how AI enhances productivity, improves workflows, and delivers value across IBM Infrastructure.
  
  

The AI Center of Excellence is seeking a skilled AI Software Engineer to join our team. In this role, you will design, develop, and implement advanced AI solutions using IBM’s Watsonx platform and pretrained models like Granite. You will build scalable and secure applications on IBM Cloud, collaborating with Technical Account Managers, Solution Architects, UX/UI Designers, and other developers to deliver innovative, high-impact solutions.

Your Role And Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and test AI applications and services.
• Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following best practices.
• Follow security best practices in development to meet IBM’s policies and industry standards.
• Communicate progress, challenges, and technical decisions effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Participate in agile/scrum ceremonies, contributing to sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate with technical account managers, UX/UI designers, architects, and other stakeholders to integrate AI components seamlessly into the overall solution.
• Stay updated on emerging trends in generative AI, IBM Cloud services, and relevant technologies.
  
  

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Related experience in fields such as Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• Experience as a full stack developer with a focus in AI
• Experience as a Site Reliability Engineer
• Solid understanding of backend technologies, including server-side languages (Node.js, Python,
  
  

Java, etc.) and databases (Cassandra, PostgreSQL, etc.)

• Experience in web technologies: HTTP, REST, JSON, HTML, Ajax, JavaScript etc.
• Familiarity with AI/ML frameworks like PyTorch, Hugging Face, or OpenAI API
• Basic understanding of LLM prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) techniques
• Experience with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipelines for efficient development workflows
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to address technical challenges effectively
• Strong collaboration skills, having worked effectively with design and engineering teams
• Effective verbal and written communication skills in English
  
  

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Hands on experience with the Watsonx product portfolio and IBM Cloud Infrastructure
• Experience in deploying and fine-tuning models like Granite, Mistral, or Llama 3
• Hands-on experience with containerization tools like Docker or Kubernetes
• Understanding of the micro-services architecture and modern cloud programming practices
• Experience in using messaging brokers like RabbitMQ, Kafka etc.
• Operating Systems (such as Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc.)
• Experience with build tools like Maven/Gradle
• Experience with automated testing (JUnit, Selenium and/or Puppeteer)
• Experience with agile development methodologies