Senior Software Engineer - AI-Driven Developer Productivity

IBM; Markham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Engineer to own AI-assisted developer productivity workflows end-to-end. You will design, implement, and operate backend services connecting LLMs to developer tools (GitHub, Jira, Slack) to raise velocity and quality.

You will collaborate with product and platform teams, translate engineering challenges into practical products, and uphold strong testing, security, and governance standards while measuring adoption and cost.

Qualifications

• Experience building and operating backend production systems.
• Hands-on experience applying LLM techniques to software engineering workflows.

Responsibilities

• Design and operate AI-assisted workflows for code review, test generation, and CI guardrails.
• Own projects end-to-end from definition to deployment and optimization.
• Build backend services connecting LLMs to developer tools (GitHub, Jira, Slack).
• Translate engineering challenges into practical, opinionated products that improve velocity and quality.
• Collaborate with platform teams to integrate AI workflows into runtimes and deployment paths.
• Implement robust safety, governance, and observability.

Skills

Go

Backend development

LLM techniques

Cloud-native

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

CI/CD

GitHub integration

Education

Master's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitHub

Jira

Slack

Kubernetes

Job description

IBM Software in the United Kingdom is seeking a Senior Engineer to own AI-assisted developer productivity workflows end-to-end. You will design, implement, and operate backend services connecting LLMs to developer tools (GitHub, Jira, Slack) to raise velocity and quality.

You will collaborate with product and platform teams, translate engineering challenges into practical products, and uphold strong testing, security, and governance standards while measuring adoption and cost.