Introduction
IBM is seeking a passionate and hands-on Ecosystem Engineer Intern to help expand the reach and usability of our strategic AI technologies. In this role, you'll build integrations and sample applications that connect IBM's AI offerings with widely used developer tools such as Hugging Face, LangChain, and Ollama. Your work will help developers incorporate IBM technologies into real-world workflows, making AI more accessible and impactful.
This internship is ideal for students or early-career technologists who enjoy coding, collaborating, and experimenting with open-source AI projects in developer communities.
Why Join Us- Work on impactful projects that help developers succeed with AI.
- Collaborate with experienced mentors and cross-functional teams.
- Gain real-world experience in ecosystem engineering and developer tooling.
- Be part of a culture that values innovation, inclusion, and continuous learning.
Your role and responsibilities
- Build Integrations: Develop connectors, wrappers, and plugins that integrate IBM AI services with popular developer frameworks and tools.
- Create Sample Applications: Design and implement example apps that demonstrate practical use cases of IBM technologies in real-world scenarios.
- Support Developer Workflows: Identify common developer patterns and build solutions that simplify adoption and integration.
- Collaborate Across Teams: Work closely with Developer Advocates, Product Managers, and Engineers to align on priorities and deliver impactful solutions.
- Engage with Communities: Participate in open-source AI communities and forums to understand developer needs and share your work.
- Learn and Grow: Receive mentorship, attend team meetings, and gain exposure to the full lifecycle of ecosystem engineering and developer enablement.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
- Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
- Passion for hands-on learning and building with emerging technologies.
- Experience experimenting with open-source AI projects (e.g., Hugging Face Transformers, LangChain, Ollama).
- Familiarity with programming languages such as Python, JavaScript, or TypeScript.
- Basic understanding of APIs, developer tools, and cloud platforms.
Preferred technical and professional experience
- Contributions to open-source projects or developer communities.
- Familiarity with IBM technologies (e.g., watsonx, IBM Cloud).
- Experience with containerization (Docker), GitHub workflows, or CI/CD pipelines.
- Interest in developer experience, usability, and technical enablement.
ABOUT BUSINESS UNITIBM 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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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.
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