Cloud AI developer

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Cloud AI Developer, you will play a key role in designing, developing, testing, and deploying AI-powered applications within modern cloud infrastructures. You will leverage Generative AI (GenAI), Machine Learning (ML), and agentic AI technologies to deliver scalable, reliable, and secure solutions. This position requires close collaboration with DevOps, security, and product teams to ensure continuous integration, delivery, monitoring, and optimization of AI-driven systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and optimize GenAI and agentic AI solutions based on project and business requirements.
• Develop and maintain Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines and agent workflows.
• Integrate AI agents with external systems and protocols (e.g., MCP, A2A).
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to deploy and monitor applications in multi-cloud environments (Azure, AWS).
• Optimize system scalability, reliability, and performance through automation and best practices.
• Implement and maintain application validation, testing, and guardrailing techniques to ensure responsible AI usage.
• Maintain and improve existing AI/ML applications and pipelines.
• Stay current with emerging trends in AI, LLMs, and cloud technologies, evaluating their potential adoption.
• Document architecture, workflows, and best practices for knowledge sharing and compliance.
• Collaborate with QA and security teams to design and execute appropriate testing strategies
• Support of implementation of AI/ML-specific testing practices and automation of testing pipelines
• Contribute to cross-functional discussions on security, data governance, and compliance in AI systems.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Strong experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG).
• Proven knowledge of agentic AI protocols and integrations (e.g., MCP, A2A).
• Minimum 3 years of professional experience in Python development.
• Solid understanding of cloud-native application design and deployment (Azure or AWS).
• Hands-on experience with at least one agentic AI framework (e.g., Microsoft AutoGen, LangGraph, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel).
• Familiarity with MLOps/DevOps practices for CI/CD, monitoring, and testing AI systems.
• Knowledge of containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience with Microsoft's PromptFlow and Azure AI services (AI Search, AI Foundry, Cognitive Services).
• Knowledge of guardrailing techniques for safe and responsible agentic AI deployment.
• Experience fine-tuning LLMs with methods such as LoRA or PEFT.
• Exposure to agentic coding assistants and tools (e.g., Cursor, Windsurf, Claude).
• Understanding of vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate, FAISS) for RAG pipelines.
• Experience with distributed systems and data pipelines (e.g., Kafka, Spark, Databricks).
• Familiarity with API design and integration (REST, GraphQL).
• Background in applied ML/AI research or open-source AI contributions.

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.

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Client-provided location(s): Košice, Slovakia

Job ID: IBM-62644

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-10-04T18:45:52