Introduction
We are looking for motivated, curious, and technically strong software engineer to join our team. You will work closely with other engineers to design, build, and test next-generation agentic AI capabilities and automated workflows that support data and engineering operations at scale.
Your role and responsibilities
What You'll Do
As a Software Engineering, you will:
- Develop Python-based services, agents, and tooling to support AI workflows and automation.
- Help design and prototype agentic AI patterns (reasoning agents, workflow planners, retrieval pipelines, evaluation harnesses, etc.).
- Contribute to backend engineering tasks such as API development, orchestration logic, and system integration.
- Build, configure, and test AI workflows running on modern platforms (Kubernetes, vector databases such as Milvus, distributed systems).
- Collaborate with other engineers to refine requirements, troubleshoot issues, and improve system performance.
- Document your designs, experiments, and findings in clear engineering artifacts.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies (standups, sprint planning, demos) and contribute to a fast-paced engineering culture.
Who You Are
- A student pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related field.
- A self-starter who enjoys solving complex problems and experimenting with new ideas.
- Someone excited about the rapidly evolving world of AI agents and workflow automation.
- Enthusiastic about learning from experienced engineers and contributing to real-world systems.
What You'll Gain
- Hands-on experience with cutting-edge agentic AI technologies.
- Mentorship from senior engineers and engineering managers.
- Real ownership of impactful engineering deliverables.
- Exposure to enterprise-scale data platforms and AI infrastructure.
A chance to grow your technical skills and professional network.
Required education
High School Diploma/GED
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
- Strong proficiency in Python, including experience with common libraries such as requests, pydantic, pandas, or asyncio.
- Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, debugging, testing.
- Familiarity with REST APIs, microservices, or event-driven systems.
- Curiosity and willingness to explore agentic AI, LLMs, and workflow automation frameworks.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
Preferred technical and professional experience
You do not need all of these, but experience with any is a plus:
- Experience with AI/ML libraries (OpenAI SDK, LangChain, Hugging Face, or similar).
- Exposure to Kubernetes, Docker, or cloud-native environments.
- Understanding of vector databases (e.g., Milvus, Pinecone, Weaviate).
- Knowledge of asynchronous programming or distributed systems.
- Experience building data pipelines or workflow orchestration tools.
- Familiarity with Git, CI/CD, and modern engineering practices.
OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILSSupplemental 1 employees may be eligible for up to 8 paid holidays, minimum of 56 hours paid sick time and the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan. IBM offers paid family medical leave and disability benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 15 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.
