Research AI Engineer Intern 2027

IBM Research is IBM’s innovation engine, advancing technologies across AI, hybrid cloud, quantum computing, and high-performance computing. The Research AI Engineer Intern will design, prototype, test, and deploy AI solutions, working with LLMs, multimodal models, agentic frameworks, and AI platforms for enterprise and user-facing applications.

What you'll do:

• Collaborate with AI researchers and engineers to design, prototype, and implement AI solutions
• Work with large language models (LLMs), multimodal models, and agentic frameworks to solve real-world use cases
• Design, build, and maintain AI agent frameworks and platforms that enable scalable orchestration, tool integration, and autonomous task execution across enterprise and user-facing applications
• Develop experimental demos, proof-of-concepts, and integrations that showcase the value of AI
• Stay current with recent AI research and propose ways to bring new methods into practical applications

What they're looking for:

• Bachelor's Degree
• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (MS/PhD)
• Strong programming skills in Python
• Familiarity with machine learning fundamentals, natural language processing and generative AI
• Strong problem-solving mindset and ability to work in a collaborative team environment
• 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
• Master's Degree
• Understanding of MLOps concepts (model deployment, monitoring, scaling)
• Prior experience with open-source contributions, research projects, or hackathons related to AI

Benefits:

• Hands-on experience working with state-of-the-art AI models and systems.
• Mentorship from experienced engineers and researchers.
• Opportunity to build portfolio-worthy AI applications and demos.
• Exposure to enterprise-scale AI development and deployment practices.
• Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for up to 8 paid holidays.
• Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for a minimum of 56 hours paid sick time.
• Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• IBM offers paid family medical leave to eligible employees where required by applicable law.
• IBM offers disability benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law.