Senior Software Developer / Technical Lead with an AI Focus

Who We Are At Kyndryl, we design, build, manage and modernize the mission‑critical technology systems that the world depends on every day. We are always moving forward – always pushing ourselves to go further in our efforts to build a more equitable, inclusive world for our employees, our customers and our communities. The Role As a trusted advisor, you'll forge strong relationships with our customers, gaining deep insights into their business objectives and long‑term aspirations. Armed with this understanding, you'll provide expert guidance on how technology can be leveraged to propel them towards unprecedented success. You’ll be the visionary architect behind their digital transformation journey, guiding them in application development, deployment, and modernization. Key responsibilities: Conduct thorough needs assessments and document requirements with precision using Business Analysis methodologies. Gather requirements from stakeholders and translate them into functional and non‑functional specifications. Guide customers through application modernization, ensuring systems are future‑proofed and optimized for success. Assist in selecting and customizing packaged solutions to meet unique business needs. Collaborate with application architects and development staff to plan design and implementation work, adhering to time, cost, and quality targets. Consult on compatibility challenges such as hardware, operating systems, data conversion, and training requirements. Help customers choose between multiple applications and provide holistic, budget‑aligned solutions. Who You Are You are a senior developer and technical leader who enjoys building useful software and solving hard problems. You have led developers through new software development projects, application modernization efforts, or both. You understand risk management, design quality, and business outcomes. A passion for AI‑assisted development tools, and a growth mindset drive you to experiment and innovate. Key Responsibilities Lead a team of developers through new application builds and modernization programs while remaining actively involved in design, coding, review, testing, and troubleshooting. Set technical direction for projects, including architecture, integration patterns, modernization strategy, engineering standards, delivery approach, and technical risk management. Use AI‑assisted development tools to accelerate code comprehension, generation, refactoring, testing, documentation, and migration planning while ensuring that outputs are validated by experienced engineering judgment. Architect and build fit‑for‑purpose agents and agentic workflows using frameworks such as LangGraph, A2A, MCP‑enabled tools, or comparable technologies. Guide modernization of existing applications by analyzing legacy code, identifying business logic, assessing constraints, defining target architecture, and creating incremental transformation roadmaps. Make pragmatic architecture decisions across APIs, data models, cloud services, security, observability, integration, DevSecOps, and user experience considerations. Mentor developers in software engineering practices, AI‑assisted delivery techniques, secure coding, automated testing, maintainable design, and effective code review. Collaborate with architects, product owners, business stakeholders, client technical teams, and delivery leaders to translate business needs into executable technical plans. Identify and manage risks in AI‑generated software, including brittle code, hidden assumptions, weak tests, security issues, licensing concerns, maintainability gaps, and architecture drift. Create reusable patterns, accelerators, prompts, agents, reference architectures, and engineering practices that help the broader team deliver modernization work more effectively. Required Technical And Professional Expertise Significant hands‑on software development experience delivering production‑quality applications. Experience leading a team of developers, including 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#, Go, or comparable technologies. Experience with either new application development, application modernization, or both. Practical experience using AI‑assisted development tools to support coding, refactoring, testing, documentation, debugging, code comprehension, and architecture exploration. Experience reviewing and validating AI‑generated code for correctness, security, maintainability, performance, testability, and alignment with architecture and requirements. Familiarity with agentic development concepts and experience building or prototyping fit‑for‑purpose agents using LangGraph, A2A, MCP‑enabled tools, or similar frameworks. Strong understanding of software architecture and engineering fundamentals, including APIs, data models, integration patterns, automated testing, version control, CI/CD, secure coding, observability, and operational support. Ability to analyze existing codebases, identify modernization opportunities, define target‑state architecture, and create pragmatic incremental transformation plans. Ability to communicate technical direction clearly to developers, architects, stakeholders, and client teams. Growth mindset and enthusiasm for how AI will reshape the software development profession. Preferred Technical And Professional Experience Experience modernizing legacy applications, including mainframe, Fortran, J2EE, ASP, monolithic, or other enterprise application estates. Experience architecting cloud‑native applications, APIs, microservices, event‑driven systems, or modern front‑end experiences. Hands‑on experience with LangGraph, A2A, MCP, OpenAI or Anthropic APIs, Semantic Kernel, CrewAI, or comparable agent and orchestration frameworks. Experience designing agents that interact with enterprise tools, repositories, documentation, tickets, CI/CD pipelines, runtime telemetry, or application data. Experience defining architecture guardrails, reference implementations, coding standards, reusable components, or engineering playbooks for delivery teams. Familiarity with DevSecOps practices, automated quality gates, observability, containerization, infrastructure as code, and secure software delivery pipelines. Experience with retrieval‑augmented generation, vector databases, tool calling, evaluation harnesses, prompt engineering, LLM application testing, or agent observability. Experience working in Agile delivery environments with product owners, architects, business stakeholders, client executives, and distributed engineering teams. Ability to mentor and influence other developers in practical, responsible, and effective use of AI‑assisted software development practices. Compensation The compensation range for the position in the U.S. is $143,640–$273,000 based on a full‑time schedule. Your actual compensation may vary depending on your geography, job‑related skills, and experience. For part‑time roles, compensation will be adjusted appropriately. The pay or salary range will not be below any applicable state, city or local minimum wage requirement. Country‑specific ranges: California (San Francisco Bay Area): $172,440–$327,600 California (All Other): $158,040–$300,360 Colorado: $143,640–$273,000 Massachusetts: $143,640–$300,360 NewYorkCity: $172,440–$327,600 Washington: $158,040–$300,360 WashingtonDC: $158,040–$300,360 This position will be eligible for Kyndryl’s discretionary annual bonus program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Kyndryl’s applicable plans. You may also receive a comprehensive benefits package which includes medical and dental coverage, disability, retirement benefits, paid leave, and paid time off. If this is a sales commission‑eligible role, you will be eligible to participate in a sales commission plan. COVID‑19 Vaccination Policy Kyndryl currently does not require employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID‑19; however, if you are hired to work at a client, customer, or partner location, you may be required to show proof of vaccination to align with their respective COVID‑19 vaccination policies. Those who believe they are eligible may apply for a medical or religious accommodation prior to the start of employment. EEO Statement All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. #J-18808-Ljbffr Kyndryl