Technical Lead – GenAI

Introduction

As an Application Developer, you will lead IBM into the future by translating system requirements into the design and development of customized systems in an agile environment. The success of IBM is in your hands as you transform vital business needs into code and drive innovation. Your work will power IBM and its clients globally, collaborating and integrating code into enterprise systems. You will have access to the latest education, tools and technology, and a limitless career path with the world’s technology leader. Come to IBM and make a global impact!

Your Role and Responsibilities

The Technical Team Lead acts as the head of the team working on the development of software applications and ensures the project team follows set regulations and goals. This software leader should have thorough knowledge of the technical aspects of software engineering to effectively manage the development process. The lead is also responsible for GenAI integration.

• Providing guidance and direction to technical team members in matters of design, architecture, development tasks, implementation, validation and monitoring
• Set the coding standards by contributing to code reviews and help the team deliver more robust, maintainable and high-quality software
• Understand the development work, infrastructure and technical environments, and the software design for the product the leader is responsible for
• Supporting developers to overcome difficult coding and technical challenges; mentor the development team
• Perform coding of complex areas of software development projects
• Planning and prioritization of the backlog
• Tracking the execution of technical tasks
• Identify and mitigating any risks that they are observing to the plan
• Collaborate closely with other stakeholders to determine feasibility and scope of execution as well as maintain relationships with stakeholders for dependencies.
• Modelling the right culture attributes & values for their team members to follow
• Reviewing and updating existing procedures
• Proficient in designing and implementing microservices-based architectures to enhance scalability and maintainability.
• Successfully led the design and development of several cloud-native applications using technologies such as Node.js, Spring Boot, and Spring Cloud.
• Deep knowledge of building high-performance backend services with a strong ability to identify and resolve performance bottlenecks.
  
  
  

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 10+ Years of professional experience; 5+ years of experience in GenAI Integration.
• 5+ years of experience in Security and Compliance
• Proficient in Node.js, Python, React, JavaScript.
• Skilled in IBM Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and the IBM Toolchain. Experienced in integrating IBM Watson Services.
• Proficient in PostgreSQL, IBM Cloud Object Storage, and Redis, with a focus on database performance optimization.
• Experienced with IBM ITSS and SPbD principles. Experienced in addressing and resolving security vulnerabilities.
• Experienced in JIRA.
  
  
  

Preferred Technical And Professional Expertise

• Experience in designing and implementing large-scale AI solutions, including data ingestion, storage, processing, and deployment.
• Experience working on LLMs, Model Training & Evaluation, Performance Benchmarking.
• Familiar with IBM Garage Methodology. Holding IBM L1/L2 Architect certifications is an added advantage.
  
  
  

About Business Unit

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

Your Life @ IBM

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.

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About IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

Location Statement

IBM wants you to bring your whole self to work and for you this might mean the ability to work flexibly. If you are interested in a flexible working pattern, please talk to our recruitment team to find out if this is possible in the current working environment.

Being You @ IBM

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and 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, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.