Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, June 26, 2019 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:
  About Business Unit
With more than 3,000 researchers in 12 labs located across six continents, IBM Research brings together hundreds of researchers who possess unparalleled industry expertise to address some of the world's most challenging problems.
Join us as we do pioneering work in areas such as cognitive computing, augmented intelligence, quantum computing, and blockchain, to name a few.
About IBM
IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that progress is made through progressive thinking, progressive leadership, progressive policy and progressive action.
IBMers believe that the application of intelligence, reason and science can improve business, society and the human condition.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 380,000 IBMers serving clients in 170 countries.
Location Statement
For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.
Rise to meet the challenge of solutioning the world’s problems. Software engineers at IBM get to see their work in the real world, improving the current state of disaster preparedness and providing more accurate medical solutions around the globe.
You will be challenged to think outside the box, work across organizations, and engineer creative solutions that scale to the demands of our ever-growing customer base.
Take ownership and be actively engaged in the entire product lifecycle - from quick hits to full feature development..

  Job Responsibilities:
• Conduct research in software engineers applied to cognitive computing, include performing foundational research in a wide range of topics such as, knowledge extraction, representation and retrieval from structured and unstructured data
• Develop open source tools and use cases in addressing the “big” challenges in Africa (e.g., Healthcare, Next Generation Public Sector and Enterprise, etc.)
• Develop novel and scalable approaches and algorithms for data ranging from small to big data

  Job Skills:
• 5 or more years of commercial software development experience
• Expert skill level in programming skills (C/C++, Java, Go, Python, Javascript, Node.js, etc.)
• Expert skill level in software engineering practices including agile techniques
• Expert skill level in system building/debugging/testing
• Expert skill level in building Cloud
• Applications using APIs and micro-services
• Prior experience in Africa or developing countries is a plus

  Job Qualifications:
• Degree (PhD, MSc, or BSc.) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Applied Mathematics or Equivalent
• Strong background in software engineering practices including agile techniques
• Experience in tools and methodology to improve software life cycle for cognitive applications
• Strong publication record in top-tier conferences and journals
• Proven communication skills and leadership experience are essential

Job Education Requirements: Not Specified

Job Experience Requirements: Not Specified

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Job application procedure
  Interested and qualified candidates should apply online by 26th July 2019
For more information and job application details, see;
https://careers.ibm.com/ListJobs/All/Search/Country/KE//?lang=en

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