**Introduction** Our technical managers at IBM are the foundation of our strategic initiatives to lead skilled software development teams to design, code, test, and provide industry-leading solutions that make the world run today. At IBM, you will use the latest software development tools, techniques and technologies and work with leading minds in the industry to build products, path-breaking technologies, and solutions that you can be proud of. Do you have the skills and passion for building the future? If yes, join a niche team at IBM Software Labs focused on building an AI-driven Digital Labor platform, Watson Orchestrate, an AI based digital employee platform that that can automate today’s businesses. Look for more details at [1] https://www.ibm.com/products/watson-orchestrate References Visible links 1. https://www.ibm.com/products/watson-orchestrate **Your role and responsibilities** As a Software Development Manager, you’ll manage software development, enhance product experiences, and scale our team’s capabilities. You’ll manage careers, streamline hiring, collaborate with product, and drive innovation. We seek proactive professionals passionate about team growth, software architecture, coding, and process enhancements. Mastery of frameworks, deployment tech, and cloud APIs is essential as well as adaptability to innovative technologies. As a Technical Software Development Manager on the Watson Orchestrate Client Center of Excellent team, you will be leading and motivating an expert team in a fast-paced environment, working closely with large strategic clients helping adoption of next generation of AI-infused platform features using the latest Saas and microservices architecture. Working in an agile environment, you drive multi-disciplinary squads within the large global development product group. Your work will involve close collaboration with Architects, DevOps Engineers, Designers, Product Managers across our global organization. Your primary responsibilities include: •Solution Development: Lead the development of innovative solutions to enhance our product and development experience, effectively contributing to making our software better. •Team Growth and Management: Manage the career growth of team members, scale hiring and development processes, and foster a culture of continuous improvement within the team. •Strategic Partnership: Partner with product teams to brainstorm ideas and collaborate on delivering an exceptional product, contributing to the overall success of the organization. •Technical Direction: Provide technical guidance by actively participating in architectural discussions, developing code, and advocating for new process improvements to drive innovation and efficiency. **Required technical and professional expertise** · 10+ years of software development experience including 5 years in leadership roles. · 2+ years of management experience including people management · Experience designing, building, and managing distributed and scalable SaaS offerings based on REST APIs, microservices, and containers. Exposure in system design · Experience in working with AI and ML technologies. · Excellent communication skills, assertiveness and leadership qualities. Experience managing multiple stakeholders in across planning, tracking and overall execution · Excellent people skills, including negotiating, recruiting, motivating, and team-building · Growth mindset: Ability to quickly learn new technologies and processes. · Highly organized and able to balance multiple priorities · Dedication to transparency: ability to report issues and risks and find solutions · Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with remote office locations · Exposure to Kubernetes/OpenStack or related cloud-native technologies · Exposure working with CI/CD processes, DevOps methodologies and related tools. · Experience and passion in technically coaching and guiding junior developers covering system design, code reviews etc. 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.