Quantum Runtime Dev Experience Intern

International Business Machines Corporation; Town of Yorktown (NY); On-site; USD 91,000 - 166,000; Part time

Job summary

IBM Quantum is seeking motivated computer science students to learn about and develop the world's first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer. You will help extend and improve our local developer experience around automated bringup and integration testing of the software components that orchestrate low-level Quantum job execution.

Your role includes improving local developer experience for automated bringup and integration testing, designing Bazel-based build and test workflows,

Qualifications

• Pursuing a CS/engineering degree.
• Experience with Rust and Docker.
• Familiarity with local Kubernetes environments (K3s/Minikube).

Responsibilities

• Improve local developer experience for automated bringup and integration testing of runtime software components.
• Design and implement Bazel-based build and test workflows for runtime framework components.
• Develop and maintain local Kubernetes environments (K3s, Minikube) that reproduce production-like test scenarios.
• Containerize and automate integration test pipelines using Docker.
• Collaborate with runtime, compiler, and systems software teams to identify and close developer‑experience gaps.

Skills

Rust

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Linux

Command-line

Debugging

Communication

CI/CD

Build systems

Education

Pursuing Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science/Engineering

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor's Degree preferred

Tools

Bazel

Minikube

K3s

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Linux

Job description

IBM Quantum is seeking motivated computer science students to learn about and develop the world's first large-scale, fault-tolerant quantum computer. You will help extend and improve our local developer experience around automated bringup and integration testing of the software components that orchestrate low-level Quantum job execution.

Your role includes improving local developer experience for automated bringup and integration testing, designing Bazel-based build and test workflows,