IPC AI/ML Developer Intern (January 2027 - 12 Months - Toronto)

IBM; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 65,000 - 101,000; Full time

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Job summary

IBM Consulting in Toronto seeks an AI/ML Developer Intern for a 12-month term starting January 2027. The role focuses on building AI-driven, distributed platforms for real-time analytics across payments, supply chains, and simulations, with a hybrid work model in Canada.

You will develop ML models, real‑time data pipelines, and AI-native infrastructure, while ensuring security and regulatory compliance. Eligible full-time students must intend to return to studies after the term.

Qualifications

• Core ML skills in regression, deep learning, NLP.
• Real-time data engineering and distributed systems knowledge.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and GPU/accelerator orchestration.
• Knowledge of MLOps/LLMOps and privacy-preserving compute.

Responsibilities

• Develop ML models for prediction, anomaly detection, fraud, and optimization.
• Build real-time data pipelines for structured/unstructured data and low-latency decisioning.
• Design and operate AI-native distributed infrastructure across GPUs/CPUs and hybrid cloud.
• Integrate models into production systems, analytics platforms, and dashboards.
• Enable continuous training, monitoring, and retraining (MLOps/LLMOps).
• Support agentic simulations and scenario modeling for complex systems.
• Ensure security, privacy, and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Machine Learning

Real-time data engineering

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

GPU orchestration

MLOps/LLMOps

Privacy-preserving compute

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your role and responsibilities

Design and build AI-driven, distributed platforms that enable real-time analytics, predictive intelligence, and autonomous operations across payments, supply chains, and simulation environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop ML models for prediction, anomaly detection, fraud, and optimization.
• Build real-time data pipelines for structured/unstructured data and low-latency decisioning.
• Design and operate AI-native distributed infrastructure across GPUs/CPUs and hybrid cloud.
• Integrate models into production systems, analytics platforms, and dashboards.
• Enable continuous training, monitoring, and retraining (MLOps/LLMOps).
• Support agentic simulations and scenario modeling for complex systems.
• Ensure security, privacy, and regulatory compliance.

This position resides in Toronto and is a 12-month work term commencing in January 2027. All applicants must be eligible to work full-time in Canada and enrolled full-time in an eligible post-secondary program. It is mandatory that applicants return to full-time studies upon completion of the work term. Candidates pursuing Bachelor's or Master's degrees are eligible. MBA and PhD candidates are not eligible for this opportunity.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor’s Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Core Skills:-Machine Learning (regression, deep learning, NLP), Real-time data engineering, Distributed systems & Kubernetes, GPU/accelerator orchestration, MLOps/LLMOps, Secure & privacy-preserving compute.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

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 500 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.

IBM 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, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.

This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.

The salary range for the position is based on a full-time schedule. Your ultimate salary within this range may vary depending on your job-related skills and experience for this position.

IPC AI/ML Developer Intern (January 2027 - 12 Months - Toronto)

Toronto

Canada

Hybrid

Software Engineering

Intern (Fixed Term)

Fixed Term - Long Term

65,166.40

100,547.20

Internship

Up to 20% or 1 day a week

General (daytime)