SW Developer | AI Center of Excellence - Austin, TX - 2027

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Introduction As an IBM entry-level developer, you’ll gain hands-on experience working on meaningful projects that create value for users around the world. You’ll collaborate with experienced designers and developers to build responsive, user-centered applications using modern technologies, while contributing your own ideas, perspectives, and technical skills. We value individuals who are curious, proactive, and willing to challenge conventional thinking to drive better outcomes. At IBM, work is more than a job, it's an opportunity to create, innovate, and solve complex problems alongside some of the brightest minds in technology. As part of a collaborative and inclusive community, you’ll help develop solutions that make a real impact for clients and communities worldwide. If you’re ready to learn, grow, and help shape the future of technology, we’d love to hear from you. Your role and responsibilities As a Developer at IBM, you’ll help build the technologies powering the quantum revolution and the next generation of AI. Join a team of innovators who turn bold ideas into real-world solutions through creativity, curiosity, and continuous learning, delivering impact on some of the industry’s most trusted platforms. 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. 1) Design, develop, and test AI applications and services. 2) Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code following best practices. 3) Follow security best practices in development to meet IBM’s policies and industry standards. 4) Communicate progress, challenges, and technical decisions effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. 5) Participate in agile/scrum ceremonies, contributing to sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives. 6) Collaborate with technical account managers, UX/UI designers, architects, and other stakeholders to integrate AI components seamlessly into the overall solution. 7) Stay updated on emerging trends in generative AI, IBM Cloud services, and relevant technologies. Required education Bachelor's Degree Preferred education Master's Degree Required technical and professional expertise Minimally, the incumbent will possess: 1) Experience as a full stack developer with a focus in AI and an understanding of backend technologies, including server-side languages (Node.js, Python, Java) and databases (Cassandra, PostgreSQL, etc.) 2) Experience in web technologies: HTTP, REST, JSON, HTML, Ajax, JavaScript etc as well as a familiarity with AI/ML frameworks like PyTorch, Hugging Face, or OpenAI API 3) An understanding of LLM prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) techniques 4) Experience with version control systems (Git) and CI/CD pipelines for efficient development workflows 5) Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities to address technical challenges effectively 6) Strong collaboration skills, having worked effectively with design and engineering teams to include effective verbal & written communication skills in English Preferred technical and professional experience Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Materials Science, Systems Engineering, Data Sciences or related majors. The ideal candidate will also have experience with or a working knowledge of: 1) The IBM watsonx product portfolio and IBM Cloud Infrastructure 2) Experience in deploying and fine-tuning models like Granite, Mistral, or Llama 3 3) Hands-on experience with containerization tools like Docker or Kubernetes 4) Understanding of the micro-services architecture and modern cloud programming practices 5) Experience in using messaging brokers like RabbitMQ, Kafka etc 6) Operating Systems (such as Red Hat, Ubuntu, etc.) 7) Experience with build tools like Maven/Gradle and experience with automated testing (JUnit, Selenium and/or Puppeteer) IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing. 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