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.

　　The AI Center of Excellence is looking for a talented AI Model Engineer to join our team, specializing in Foundation Models and building AI systems. In this role, you will utilize the Watsonx platform to design solutions that will enhance productivity across the IBM Infrastructure organization. This role requires a mix of deep technical expertise, passion for AI, and a drive to bring machine learning models to production.

　　Your Role and Responsibilities

　　The AI Center of Excellence brings together teams across Infrastructure, including Watsonx and IBM Research, to develop solutions that integrate AI to improve productivity and streamline processes. The CoE actively supports teams in the successful design and development of their AI projects, while proactively seeking opportunities to build reusable artifacts that benefits multiple project teams across the organization.

　　As part of our dynamic team, reporting directly to the CTO of IBM Infrastructure, you will have the opportunity to work alongside a team of talented technical experts, passionate about innovation, to bring AI solutions to life.

　　Responsibilities:

　　Prepare Data for Tuning: Write programs to cleanse and integrate data in an efficient and reusable manner

　　Model Selection: Expertise with various models in order to select the optimal model for each use-case

　　Optimize: Evaluate model performance, adjust model parameters, and optimize considering the trade-offs between cost, speed, and overall performance.

　　Collaborate: Work in an agile manner and collaborate with multi disciplinary teams to integrate models seamlessly into our projects.

　　Stay Current: Stay up to date on the latest developments in AI, NLP, and ML, proposing new innovative techniques and technologies

　　Required Technical and Professional Expertise

　　Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or a related field

　　8+ years of experience with a minimum of 5+ years of experience in a Data Science role

　　Experience with data processing and feature extraction

　　Experience with training (predictive/prescriptive) models and hyperparameter tuning

　　Expertise with the RAG (Retrieve, Adapt, Generate) approach

　　Strong data modelling and data architecture skills

　　Strong fundamentals in Mathematics and Computer Science (algorithms)

　　Proficient in programming languages such as Python and Java

　　Proficient in statistical programming languages such as R, Python, Scala or SAS, SPSS, Matlab

　　Strong technical skills to design and implement complex AI solutions

　　Strong analytical abilities: Error analysis, troubleshooting, debugging

　　Proficient with one or more project management tools - Jira, Git, Aha, etc.

　　Effective verbal and written communication skills in English

　　Experience in working with large teams distributed across geographical locations and time zones

　　Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

　　Knowledge of the IBM Cloud platforms or another as-a-service platform and its architecture (AWS, Azure, etc)

　　Familiarity constructing usable data sets from multiple structured and unstructured data sources

　　Knowledge of LLM's like Hugging Face Models

　　Knowledge of Watsonx product portfolio

　　Certifications in relevant technologies or architectures.

　　Experience with agile software development, continuous integration, and continuous delivery

　　Experience with Enterprise Design Thinking Methodologies

　　About Business UnitIBM 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.

　　This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.

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　　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.

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