• Job Description

  Req#: 662395BR
  This is for a 2024 summer internship with the following start dates: May - August or June - September for quarter system schools.
  
  IBM Research AI's Internship Program offers an opportunity for students to work closely with IBM research scientists and engineers on cutting edge research projects with the aim of improving state of the art in artificial intelligence.
  
  Recent advent of large language models has shown great promise for increased productivity across a wide range of industries. However, safety and trustworthiness of these models continue to be an open problem especially for commercial applications. IBM is dedicated towards developing responsible generative AI products with a principal focus on trust enabling enterprises to feel confident in the model responses.
  
  In your role as AI Research Software Engineer, you will be working in close collaborations with researchers and engineers to develop novel large language models with an emphasis on safety and trustworthiness. This may also include any research related to your project. You will also deliver production level–code to support the commercialization of the resulting assets. Demonstrated communication skills are essential.
  • Experience in web application development and frameworks including HTML, CSS and JavaScript, JQuery, React, Flask, Node.js, etc.
  • Backend storage technologies such as SQL and Non–SQL databases (Postgres, MongoDB, Cloudant, ElasticSearch etc.)
  • Experience in Kubernetes CI/CD tools and operators, IBM Cloud and machine learning training pipelines
  • Software engineering practices including agile techniques
  • System building/debugging/testing skills
  • Qualitative and quantitative user research and user–centric design
  • Solving analytical problems using rigorous and quantitative approaches
  • Analyzing large scale data from a variety of sources
  • Experience publishing scientific results in technical communities such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, IJCAI, ACL, AAAI, or similar
  High School Diploma/GED Bachelor's Degree IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. 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. IBM Research is the organic growth engine of IBM and an innovation engine for our customers and partners. As part of this mission, IBM Research anticipates and examines 'What's Next in Computing' to ultimately create and integrate the technologies the world relies upon to solve big challenges and unlock new opportunities. We create and pioneer new markets for IBM, our partners and customers as exemplified in our ongoing quest to reach practical and large-scale quantum computing. Across IBM Research, we realize the power and potential to accelerate discovery with our partners and clients by combining the power of high performance computing, AI, and Quantum, all integrated through the hybrid cloud. IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
  
  Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
  
  At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

• About the company

  IBM is a global technology and innovation company headquartered in Armonk, NY. It is the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 375,000 employees serving clients in 170 countries. Just completing its 22nd year of patent leadership, IBM Research has defined the future of information technology with more than 3,000 researchers in 12 labs located across six continents.

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