Intern Conversion: Software Developer

Introduction

At IBM Software, we transform client challenges into solutions. Building the world's leading AI-powered, cloud-native products that shape the future of business and society. Our legacy of innovation creates endless opportunities for IBMers to learn, grow, and make an impact on a global scale. Working in Software means joining a team fueled by curiosity and collaboration.

You'll work with diverse technologies, partners, and industries to design, develop, and deliver solutions that power digital transformation. With a culture that values innovation, growth, and continuous learning, IBM Software places you at the heart of IBM's product and technology landscape. Here, you'll have the tools and opportunities to advance your career while creating software that changes the world.

Your role and responsibilities

You will:

* Participate in Agile development cycles: design, code, test, and support.

* Translate wire-frames into functional user interfaces.

* Learn and apply best practices in software development testing and debugging.

* Work with APIs, databases, and cloud-based services.

Who You Are

* Curious, motivated, and eager to learn new technologies.

* A team player with strong communication and collaboration skills.

* Comfortable with debugging, problem-solving, and adapting to new challenges.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

* Must be currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's degree program majoring in Computer Science or related field

* Must be eligible and available for an in-person, full-time co-op (40h/week) between January 2026 and June 2026

Required technical and professional expertise

* Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and UI frameworks (React, Angular, Vue).

* Basic knowledge of backend technologies:
Node.js, Java, Python, SQL.

* Understanding of software development tools (Git, IDEs) and version control.

* Exposure to automation testing frameworks and APIs.

* Awareness of operating systems, container technologies, and cloud platforms

Preferred technical and professional experience

* Experience with cloud platforms (IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure).

* Contributions to open-source projects.

* Familiarity with Agile tools and methodologies.

* Linux or Unix based OS

* Any one modern programming language like GO, NodeJS, JavaScript, Python

* Integrated development environments (e.g.: Eclipse, Visual Studio Code)

* Familiarity with Source control management (e.g. Git): to enable teams to work together to manage changes to source code

* Knowledge of containers, containers orchestration software, cloud platforms.

* Knowledge of SQL and relational database technology (e.g. PostgreSQL, MySQL, Db2, Oracle, SQL Server)

* Knowledge of automating infrastructure, testing, and deployments using tools like Jenkins, Puppeteer, Selenium, Playwright, Cypress or any other automation framework

* Knowledge of Deployment tools like Jenkins, Travis: for ensuring the latest software release is packaged correctly, tested, and deployed to an application server.

* Development experience with REST API development

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence-from machine learning to generative AI-to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it.

In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM's AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM's hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments-a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

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