Software Architect (Technical Lead, Performance Engineering)

Introduction

IBM Data Platform is building the leading hybrid AI and Data product for enterprises. We are delivering cutting edge agentic and data capabilities so that clients can change the way they work. We are on the verge of a paradigm shift in enterprise productivity and IBM Data Platform is defining what that future will look like. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.

Your role and responsibilities

IBM is seeking a results-oriented Technical Lead to guide our benchmarking engineering initiatives. This is a critical role that ensures our software solutions meet the highest standards of performance, scalability, and reliability. You will build a lean, high-performing engineering team to power these efforts, and collaborate closely with our existing, world-class watsonx performance engineering teams.

You will be responsible for defining scopes of work, architecting and optimizing software deployments, evaluating test plans and results, and crafting insights that further IBM's strategic objectives. Your expertise in solution architecture and performance engineering will be vital in identifying the most relevant industry benchmarks and designing effective testing methodologies.

• Identify or define the most applicable industry benchmarks or performance tests for our products that align to our strategic differentiation.
• Architect and tune software deployments on hyperscaler infrastructure.
• Design benchmarking testing plans.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance on performance testing strategies, methodologies, and tools for a team of benchmarking engineers.
• Analyze performance test results and collaborate with product management to craft strategy.
• Collaborate with performance engineering and development teams to drive optimizations within Data Platform products.
• Ensure that testing is executed rigorously and delivers high-quality, actionable results.

Required education

High School Diploma / GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Preferred technical and professional experience

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.

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.

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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 500 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.

IBM 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, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.