Introduction
At IBM Research, we are the innovation engine of IBM. Exploring what's next in computing and shaping the technologies the world will rely on tomorrow. From advancing AI and hybrid cloud to pioneering practical quantum computing, we anticipate challenges and unlock new opportunities for clients, partners, and society. Working in Research means joining a team that accelerates discovery at the intersection of high-performance computing, AI, quantum, and cloud. You'll collaborate with leading scientists, engineers, and visionaries to push boundaries and turn ideas into reality. With a culture built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration, IBM Research offers the opportunity to grow your career while contributing to breakthroughs that transform industries and change the world.
Your role and responsibilities
As a Research Scientist in Artificial Intelligence, you will lead cutting-edge projects in various AI and machine learning areas, creating and leveraging AI techniques to solve analytical problems using rigorous and quantitative approaches. You will also communicate your research in technical communities through publications in top-tier conferences and journals. Your primary responsibilities will include:
Lead AI Projects: Lead projects in deep learning, reinforcement learning, lifelong learning, and other AI/ML areas, creating and applying AI techniques to solve complex analytical problems.
Develop Algorithms: Develop and prove mathematical properties of algorithms, conducting successful experiments to demonstrate these properties and evaluating their impact on user experiences.
Embed Research in Systems: Embed research algorithms in usable systems, ensuring seamless integration and effective application of AI techniques.
Communicate Research: Communicate research findings through publications in top-tier conferences and journals.
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Doctorate Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
Deep Expertise in PL/SE/FM: Proven track record of leading cutting-edge projects in compilers, programming languages, formal verification, or similar, with a strong foundation in designing and proving mathematical properties about formal systems.
Conversant with major subfields of AI/ML, and a strong foundation in mathematical fundamentals and evaluation methods in common use in those fields.
Proficiency in AI Frameworks and Model Training: Hands-on experience with deep learning frameworks and/or modern GPU programming, with a demonstrated ability to embed research algorithms in usable systems.
Research Communication: Established record of publishing research findings in top-tier conferences and journals in PL/SE/FM and/or AI/ML.
Preferred technical and professional experience
Lead Research: You will lead projects at the intersection of programming language design, compiler design, and model hosting. You will prove mathematical properties of algorithms, conduct experiments to demonstrate their impact, and collaborate closely with peers to ensure that your innovations have a practical impact on the inference stack used by open weight model providers.
Disseminate Research: You will situate and embed your research program within a larger industrial research program that includes IBM's granite language, vision, and speech models.
Communicate Research: Communicate research findings through patents and through publications in top-tier conferences and journals in ML, AI, and PL/FM, such as POPL, OOPSLA, PLDI, CAV, NeurIPS, CVPR, ICML, and ICLR.
Collaborate: You will collaborate closely with researchers working and engineers working on reinforcement learning, deep learning, online learning, LLM training, and other AI/ML areas.
Develop Models and Conduct Experiments: Conduct experiments to demonstrate the properties and impact of AI algorithms.
ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT
IBM Research is the organic growth engine of IBM and an innovation engine for our customers and partners. As part of this mission, IBM Research anticipates and examines 'What's Next in Computing' to ultimately create and integrate the technologies the world relies upon to solve big challenges and unlock new opportunities. We create and pioneer new markets for IBM, our partners and customers as exemplified in our ongoing quest to reach practical and large-scale quantum computing. Across IBM Research, we realize the power and potential to accelerate discovery with our partners and clients by combining the power of high performance computing, AI, and Quantum, all integrated through the hybrid cloud.
YOUR LIFE @ IBM
In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you'll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you'll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.
Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
Are you ready to be an IBMer?
ABOUT IBM
IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we're also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS
IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:
- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
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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