IBM

Data Scientist

Job description

685636BR

Introduction

As a Data Scientist at IBM, you will help transform our clients’ data into tangible business value by analyzing information, communicating outcomes and collaborating on product development. Work with Best in Class open source and visual tools, along with the most flexible and scalable deployment options. Whether it’s investigating patient trends or weather patterns, you will work to solve real world problems for the industries transforming how we live.

Your Role and Responsibilities

We are seeking a Senior Solution Architect with a deeper understanding of AI and Machine Learning algorithms and its applications for a larger set of technical problems in business workflows. In this role, you will get opportunity to interact with IBM clients and various IBM development teams. You will get to use the cutting edge IBM AI/Automation technologies such as Watsonx and explore several Foundation Models for variety of use cases. You will get to work on larger AI agenda which are important for IBM. Your key responsibilities will be as follows.


  • Propose and drive a larger agenda for the potential opportunities for IBM in the AI space.
  • Interact with clients to understand their AI requirements, strategies the solutions and guide them how we can help them to transform their processes using the IBM AI and automation technologies.
  • Guide data science and development teams to develop POCs to validate and showcase the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed AI solutions. Evaluate and iterate on POCs, ensuring alignment with client requirements and expectations.
  • Propose design and architecture for the AI solution along with the implementation details.
  • Industry Trends and Innovation: Stay up to date with the latest trends and advancements in AI, foundation models, and large language models. Evaluate emerging technologies, tools, and frameworks to assess their potential impact on solution design and implementation.


Required Technical and Professional Expertise


  • Technical Skills:
  • At least 10 years of experience in developing AI/ML solutions in Python.
  • Should have knowledge of the key IBM AI/Automation products such as Watsonx Assistant, Watsonx Orchestrate, Business Automation Workflow, etc.
  • Should have a solid experience in designing and architecting end to end enterprise AI systems.
  • Should have deeper knowledge of machine learning and deep learning algorithms.
  • Should have an experience in full AI project lifecycle, from prototyping to deployment in production environments.
  • Should have an experience in designing and delivering AI solutions with a focus on foundation models, large language models.
  • Should have knowledge of various cloud platforms (e.g. IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure, GCP) and related services.
  • Should be able to follow the Agile methodology working with various teams.
  • Soft Skills:
  • Should have an experience in setting up new agenda for upcoming technology areas.
  • Should have a good experience in client interactions and understanding their requirements.
  • Should have excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Should be able to engage with internal and external stakeholders to clearly articulate the technical requirements and communicate the same to the development teams.
  • Should be able to learn continuously and stay updated with advancements in the field of AI.


Preferred Technical And Professional Expertise


  • Contributions in scientific publications, patents or open-source communities.
  • Experience in natural language processing (NLP) and text analytics.
  • Experience with AI and/or data governance.


About Business Unit

IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence—from machine learning to generative AI—to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM’s AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM’s hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments—a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

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.

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.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

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

When applying to jobs of your interest, we recommend that you do so for those that match your experience and expertise. Our recruiters advise that you apply to not more than 3 roles in a year for the best candidate experience.

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

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.

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