4 days ago
Base Salary
$144k - $328k/yr
Responsibilities
- Lead developers through new application builds and modernization programs while contributing to design, coding, review, testing, and troubleshooting.
- Set technical direction for architecture, engineering practices, modernization strategy, integration patterns, delivery approaches, and technical risk management.
- Use AI-assisted development tools for code comprehension, generation, refactoring, testing, documentation, debugging, and migration planning, validating the outputs for quality and security.
- Architect and build fit-for-purpose agents and agentic workflows using LangGraph, A2A, MCP-enabled tools, or comparable technologies.
- Analyze legacy code and applications, define target architectures, and create incremental transformation roadmaps.
- Make architecture decisions involving APIs, data models, cloud services, security, observability, integration, DevSecOps, and user experience.
- Mentor developers in software engineering, secure coding, automated testing, maintainable design, code review, and responsible AI-assisted delivery.
- Collaborate with architects, product owners, business stakeholders, client technical teams, and delivery leaders to convert business needs into technical plans.
- Identify risks in AI-generated software, including security issues, weak testing, licensing concerns, maintainability gaps, and architecture drift.
- Create reusable patterns, prompts, agents, reference architectures, accelerators, and engineering practices for modernization delivery.
Requirements
- At least 7 years of hands-on software development experience delivering production-quality applications.
- Experience leading a team of developers through mentoring, code review, technical planning, delivery guidance, and issue resolution.
- Experience setting technical direction for software delivery projects, including architecture decisions, engineering standards, delivery patterns, and technical risk management.
- Experience with at least one modern programming language such as Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#, or Go.
- Experience with new application development, application modernization, or both.
- Practical experience using AI-assisted development tools for coding, refactoring, testing, documentation, debugging, code comprehension, and architecture exploration.
- Experience reviewing and validating AI-generated code for correctness, security, maintainability, performance, testability, architecture, and requirements alignment.
- Familiarity with agentic development concepts and experience building or prototyping agents using LangGraph, A2A, MCP-enabled tools, or similar frameworks.
- Strong understanding of software architecture, APIs, data models, integration patterns, automated testing, version control, CI/CD, secure coding, observability, and operational support.
- Ability to analyze codebases, identify modernization opportunities, define target-state architecture, and create incremental transformation plans.
- Preferred experience includes modernizing mainframe, Fortran, J2EE, ASP, monolithic, or other enterprise applications.
- Preferred experience includes cloud-native applications, APIs, microservices, event-driven systems, modern front-end experiences, and agent orchestration frameworks.
- Preferred technologies and practices include OpenAI or Anthropic APIs, Semantic Kernel, CrewAI, retrieval-augmented generation, vector databases, tool calling, evaluation harnesses, prompt engineering, LLM application testing, agent observability, DevSecOps, containerization, infrastructure as code, and secure delivery pipelines.
- Ability to communicate technical direction clearly and mentor developers in practical and responsible AI-assisted software development.
Benefits
- Medical and dental coverage, disability benefits, retirement benefits, paid leave, and paid time off.
- Eligibility for Kyndryl's discretionary annual bonus program, subject to applicable plan terms.
- Access to employee learning programs and certifications, including Microsoft, Google, Amazon, and Skillsoft.
- Company-wide volunteering and giving resources, including fundraising and access to nonprofit organizations.
- Full-time U.S. compensation is listed as $143,640 to $273,000, with different ranges for specified locations.
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
- Client, customer, or partner locations may require proof of COVID-19 vaccination, with medical or religious accommodations available.
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About Kyndryl
Kyndryl is a public IT services company that designs, runs, and modernizes mission-critical infrastructure for large enterprises and governments. Spun off from IBM in 2021, it is headquartered in New York City and trades on the NYSE (ticker: KD). The company provides managed infrastructure, cloud migration and operations across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, plus mainframe, network, security, data, and digital workplace services.