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IBM Storage Backend Developer for AI in Bangalore, India
Introduction
At IBM Infrastructure & Technology, we design and operate the systems that keep the world running. From high-resiliency mainframes and hybrid cloud platforms to networking, automation, and site reliability. Our teams ensure the performance, security, and scalability that clients and industries depend on every day. Working in Infrastructure & Technology means tackling complex challenges with curiosity and collaboration. You’ll work with diverse technologies and colleagues worldwide to deliver resilient, future-ready solutions that power innovation. With continuous learning, career growth, and a supportive culture, IBM provides the opportunities to build expertise and shape the infrastructure that drives progress.
Your role and responsibilities
As a Back-End Developer for Storage, you will design, develop, unit test, and deliver offerings for IBM Storage products using agile practices and DevOps tooling. You will work in a collaborative environment to understand requirements and create creative solutions to client problems, emphasizing fail-first, fail-fast methods and world-class quality. Your primary responsibilities will include: • Design and Develop Solutions: Design, code, debug, and test creative solutions to client problems and requirements, utilizing programming languages such as Embedded C, C, Python, GoLang, and Java. • Collaborative Problem-Solving: Work collaboratively to understand requirements and deliver solutions, using agile practices and DevOps tooling to ensure world-class quality and resiliency. • Test and Deliver Offerings: Unit test and deliver offerings for IBM Storage products, such as IBM Enterprise Flash/Disk/Tape and IBM Cloud Storage services. • Debug and Optimize: Debug and optimize solutions using kernel debuggers and user-mode programming, ensuring strategic imperatives including artificial intelligence and cloud. • Support Strategic Imperatives: Support strategic imperatives, including artificial intelligence and cloud, by designing and developing software applications or device drivers for various operating systems.
Required technical and professional expertise
• Exposure to Agile Development: Experience working with agile practices and DevOps tooling to design, develop, and deliver software applications or device drivers. • Programming Languages: Exposure to programming languages such as, Python, GoLang, scripting languages (Ansible), • Operating Systems: Exposure to operating systems such as Linux, Unix, • Exposure to working on AI tools and concepts.
Preferred technical and professional experience
AI & Automation Fundamentals
Understanding of AI technologies (ML basics, AI service APIs)
Basic exposure to AI-driven automation frameworks or RPA tools
Experience with monitoring and validating AI/ML model behavior
AI literacy: knowing how to handle probabilistic outputs and prevent misuse
Data cleaning, validation, and prepping structured/unstructured datasets
Understanding end‑to‑end data flow through AI pipelines
Ability to detect anomalies, bias, and data quality issues
Understanding storage, networking, compute basics relevant to storage AI workloads
Familiarity with enterprise storage environments or hybrid cloud storage
Knowledge of next‑gen storage technologies (NVMe‑oF, disaggregated storage, AI‑optimized storage architectures)
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.