Job Openings at IBM

Job Description

Africa is poised to become a leading source of innovation in a variety of sectors with an expected growth rate of 7% annually over the next 20 years. IBM recognizes the potential impact of research and smarter systems in helping to build Africa’s future, hence the African research lab creates technology applications in a range of industries at the core of Africa’s growth: financial services, education, healthcare, mobility, public safety and utilities. IBM believes that increasing access to healthcare and improving the quality of healthcare is critical to the continent of Africa. We develop and leverage high-end cognitive technologies to develop original and novel solutions to healthcare challenges.

IBM Research software engineers are evaluated on their technical contributions, ability to collaborate across labs, and leadership. These metrics, in the context of a commercial research lab in an emerging market, create a unique combination of roles and responsibilities for a Software Engineer working in the healthcare domain.

Skills

• Experience with one or more OOP language (eg. Java, Python, C++)
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases (e.g., postgres, DB2, mongo)
• Experience with at least one front-end framework (e.g., angular, react)
• Mobile Android and iOS development
• Experience building at least one production application
• Experience with agile methodology

Impact

• Develop technologies, analytics and algorithms in financial inclusion and financial services projects.
• Identify data-driven methods when more traditional approaches are infeasible.
• Transform research insights into real-world systems for use across the continent.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 3 to 5 years of work experience depending on education level. Recent graduates will be considered.
• Knowledgeable of the many tools in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data mining.
• Strong data structures and algorithm design skills

Preferred Tech And Prof Experience

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Job Description

Are you passionate about Africa and using cutting edge technology to solve some of the grand challenges that the continent is facing? If so, and if you are driven, self-motivated and have outstanding problem solving, communication, leadership and inter-personal skills, then you could have a successful career as a research scientist with us. Advances in machine intelligence, digitisation and connectivity allow us to create digitally enhanced environments and to exploit connections between people, devices, built and natural environments, content and services, using adaptive data-driven intelligent systems to solve seemingly intractable problems. We are looking for research scientists to play a key role in developing and applying cutting edge artificial intelligence algorithms to solve real-life challenges across several domains and in so doing make a meaningful difference in the world around us.

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• At least a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Statistics or related fields
• Excellent software development and coding ability in C++, Python, R, Java, JavaScript, MATLAB or related programming languages
• A solid understanding of the principles of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence and the ability to apply them in various fields
• Ability to perform scientific research based on the scientific method
• Ability to test hypotheses from raw data sets, draw meaningful conclusions, and effectively communicate results verbally, in writing, and through effective visualization.

Preferred Tech And Prof Experience

• Strong publication record in major international journals and conference proceedings
• At least 2 years’programming experience with strong coding capability in Python and JavaScript
• At least 2 years’experience with machine learning, deep learning, signal and image processing
• Experience with cloud native application platforms, containers and container management
• Experience with Unix-like environments, shell scripting, version control, and service oriented architectures
• Experience with Big Data technology e.g. Hadoop, NoSQL, Spark, Storm, Cassandra etc.

EO Statement

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, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.