SW Developer Intern | Enterprise Platform-as-a-Service - Durham, NC - 2027

IBM; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM is seeking an intern in Durham, NC to work on modern, user-centric applications and cloud/AI-enabled solutions. You will collaborate with designers and developers to deliver impactful software across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS contexts, contributing to APIs and scalable server applications.

Ideal candidates are pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, with experience in software development, and a passion for technology, teamwork, and continuous learning.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in related fields.
• Experience in software development and/or platform engineering.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Growth mindset, teamwork, and outcome focus.
• Familiarity with servers, devOps tools, and databases.

Responsibilities

• Participate in Agile development cycles (design, coding, testing, support).
• Translate wireframes into intuitive user experiences.
• Apply software engineering and testing best practices.
• Leverage AI-powered tools to improve productivity.
• Integrate AI capabilities to enhance deployability and scalability.

Skills

Software development

Platform engineering

DevOps tools

Communication skills

Growth mindset

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Git

Jenkins

SQL

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Cloud concepts

Job description

Introduction

As an IBM Intern, you’ll gain hands‑on experience working on meaningful projects that create value for users around the world. You’ll collaborate with experienced designers and developers to build responsive, user‑centered applications using modern technologies, while contributing your own ideas, perspectives, and technical skills. We value individuals who are curious, proactive, and willing to challenge conventional thinking to drive better outcomes.

Introduction

As an IBM Intern, you’ll gain hands‑on experience working on meaningful projects that create value for users around the world. You’ll collaborate with experienced designers and developers to build responsive, user‑centered applications using modern technologies, while contributing your own ideas, perspectives, and technical skills. We value individuals who are curious, proactive, and willing to challenge conventional thinking to drive better outcomes.

At IBM, work is more than a job, it's an opportunity to create, innovate, and solve complex problems alongside some of the brightest minds in technology. As part of a collaborative and inclusive community, you’ll help develop solutions that make a real impact for clients and communities worldwide. If you’re ready to learn, grow, and help shape the future of technology, we’d love to hear from you.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a Developer at IBM, you’ll help build the technologies powering the quantum revolution and the next generation of AI. Join a team of innovators who turn bold ideas into real-world solutions through creativity, curiosity, and continuous learning, delivering impact on some of the industry’s most trusted platforms.

In this role, you’ll work across client-server architectures, networking, application development, and databases to design and deploy Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions. We’re seeking motivated developers who can create clean, well-documented, and intuitive APIs that enable customers and teams to build with confidence.

Responsibilities

You’ll also design and develop scalable server applications, firmware, and databases, while helping build large‑scale systems that support continuous delivery across cloud and on‑premises environments. Depending on the role, responsibilities may include:

• Participating in Agile development cycles, including design, coding, testing, and support
• Transforming wireframes into intuitive, functional user experiences
• Applying software engineering and testing best practices to deliver high‑quality solutions
• Leveraging AI‑powered tools to enhance development efficiency and productivity
• Integrating AI capabilities to make our platform solutions easier to deploy, use, and scale

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

Minimally, the incumbent will possess:

• Prior (project or internship) experience in software development and/or platform engineering
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Passion for technology and engineering
• Soft skills & behaviors to include a growth mindset, trusted, teamwork, courageous, resourceful and outcome focused
• Working knowledge of servers, applications, devOps tools (Git, Jenkins) and databases

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

Pursuing a Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Materials Science, Systems Engineering, Data Sciences or related majors.

The ideal candidate will also have experience with or a working knowledge of:

• Cloud development (pushing code through a CD pipeline)
• Generative AI practical application in development environment to include prompt engineering
• One or more of the following technologies: C++, C, Java, Golang, Ruby, Python, Perl, SQL
• Virtualization concepts and cloud operations
• Working knowledge of one or more major DataBases: MongoDB, MySQL, Postgres