Conversational AI Developer with IBM WatsonX Orchestrate Experience

Role: Conversational AI Developer with IBM WatsonX Orchestrate ExperienceLocation: Hartford, CT (Dayone Onsite)Duration: 6 Months ContractExperience Required: Minimum 10+ Years of total IT Experience.Required Qualifications:5+ years of overall software delivery experience.3+ years of chatbot development experience using IBM WatsonX Orchestrate or similar conversational AI platforms such as Google Dialogflow CX, LivePerson, Amazon Lex, or Kore.ai.3+ years of experience training and improving intent recognition, including curating and refining training datasets.3+ years of experience applying Conversational AI best practices, including Natural Language Processing (NLP) and training-data design and optimization.1+ year of experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git version control, unit testing, and source-code management.1+ year of knowledge in cloud development and deployment principles.1+ year of backend (server-side) development experience using Java, Node.js, or Python.1+ year of multi-language development experience using JavaScript and TypeScript.1+ year of experience working in an Agile environment with understanding of DevOps practices, end-to-end software-development lifecycles, and business-requirements translation.Preferred Qualifications:Prior experience with IBM Watson Speech-to-Text, IBM Watson Discovery, or similar voice-processing or information-retrieval technologies.Familiarity with SSML (Speech Synthesis Markup Language) for text-to-speech (TTS) refinement.Experience integrating unstructured data sources—such as document repositories—into conversational agents using semantic embeddings or advanced search techniques.