AI Foundations Research Engineer Intern

IBM; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 166,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

8 paid holidays

56 hours paid sick time

IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid family medical leave

Disability benefits

Job summary

IBM Research is inviting applications for the AI Foundations - Software Engineer Internship, a research-focused role within the IBM Foundations team. You will work with researchers and engineers to explore new algorithms, train and evaluate models, and build robust prototype implementations in distributed frameworks.

As an intern, you will contribute to open innovation, develop high-quality code, and participate in end-to-end experiments.

Qualifications

• Foundational ML concepts and modern AI basics.
• Hands-on Python development and prototyping.
• Interest in research and building well-tested code.

Responsibilities

• Engage in the full research lifecycle to advance AI foundations.
• Design prototype solutions and validate them with experiments.
• Develop scalable infrastructure powering AI research.
• Collaborate in small, expert-led teams to turn algorithms into reusable code.

Skills

ML knowledge

Python

Problem solving

Communication

Learning mindset

PyTorch

Generative AI

Multimodal models

Education

High School Diploma/GED

Tools

PyTorch

Job description

IBM Research is inviting applications for the AI Foundations - Software Engineer Internship, a research-focused role within the IBM Foundations team. You will work with researchers and engineers to explore new algorithms, train and evaluate models, and build robust prototype implementations in distributed frameworks.

As an intern, you will contribute to open innovation, develop high-quality code, and participate in end-to-end experiments.