Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. 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

• What would you be doing at IBM?

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 https://www.ibm.com/products/watson-orchestrate

• What are we looking for?

We seek a technical software development manager with hands-on experience developing and supporting software products and services on cloud platforms. The ideal candidate would have rich experience building SaaS products/services, and incrementally deploying them on cloud environments with a deep understanding of platform development, system design, associated tools, technologies, and best practices. Experience in Test-driven development, quality through automation, application security etc., would be a plus.

• Your Role and Responsibilities
• As a Technical Software Development Manager on the Watson Orchestrate team, you will be leading and motivating a full-stack team in a fast-paced environment developing the 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, Offering Managers across our global organization.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• 12+ 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
• 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.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• BS / B.Tech or higher degree in Computer Science or related engineering streams