Sr. Developer AI Center of Excellence

Mission:

The Infrastructure AI Center of Excellence (COE) is a dedicated team of technical professionals focused on leveraging AI to empower IBM Infrastructure employees to be more effective in their jobs or improve customers experience when they interact with IBM. We along with the AI Guild serves as a vehicle for knowledge sharing, collaboration, & skill development related to AI.

Our core objectives are VELOCITY and SAFETY. We want to help roll out AI projects as quickly as possible, while also ensuring that they are done safely and while operating within the guardrails for AI usage within IBM.

Your Role & Responsibilities:

Looking to make a significant impact This is your chance to become a key part of a dynamic team of talented professionals, leading the development and deployment of innovative, industry-leading, cloud-based AI services.

We are seeking an experienced AI & Cloud Software Engineer to join us. This role designing, developing, and deploying AI-based services. You will be instrumental in problem-solving, automating wide ranges of tasks, and interfacing with other teams and solve complex problems.

Responsibilities:

• Develop AI capabilities in IBM Cloud based applications
• Design and be an avid coder who can get his hands dirty and be involved in the coding to the deepest level.
• Work in an agile environment of continuous deliverable.
• Youll have access to all the technical training courses you need to become the expert you want to be.

. Define all aspects of development from appropriate technology and workflow to coding standards

. Collaborate with other professionals to determine functional and non-functional requirements

. Participate in technical reviews of requirements, specifications, designs, code and other artifacts.

. Learn new skills and adopt new practices readily in order to develop innovative and cutting-edge software products that maintain Companys technical leadership position.

Required Skills

• 5-7 years of hands-on full stack development experience
• Experience with AI/ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, scikit-learn, LLMs, GenAI)
• Strong backend skills (Java, Python, Node.js), REST APIs, Kafka, GitHub
• Solid cloud experience (IBM Cloud, AWS, or Azure), Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD
• Experience with databases like Cassandra, PostgreSQL, Redis, etc.
• Exposure to microservices architecture and modern API design
• Good understanding of web tech: HTTP, JSON, JavaScript, HTML
• Passionate about constant, continuous learning and applying new technologies as well as mentoring others.
• Keen troubleshooting skills and strong verbal/written communication skills.

Preferred Skills

• Messaging tools (Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• OS knowledge (Linux distros), networking basics (TCP/IP, HTTP)
• Experience in SaaS, automation (Selenium/Puppeteer), and CI/CD pipelines
• Ownership mindset and passion for continuous learning
• Working across global teams and collaborating across teams and organization boundaries
• Finding innovative ways to solve complex problems with cutting-edge technologies.