The AI Foundations - Software Engineer - Research Internship 2027 role places interns within the AI Foundations Research team at IBM Research. In this position, you will engage in the full research lifecycle to pioneer advancements in artificial intelligence by identifying core challenges, designing novel prototype solutions, and validating them through rigorous experimentation. You will develop robust, scalable infrastructure and transform novel algorithms into high-performance, reusable code within modern, distributed frameworks. Key responsibilities include exploring new algorithms for training, fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, and inference time scaling. Required skills include Python programming, foundational knowledge of Transformer architectures and Large Language Models, and analytical problem-solving. Preferred expertise includes PyTorch, generative AI, and multimodal models to solve technical problems involving data quality, novel model architectures, and training recipes.
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Large Language Models
Distributed Systems
Python
Go
C++
Rust
Docker
Kubernetes
Deep Learning
RDMA over Ethernet
Software-Defined Networking
Linux Networking
Machine Learning
High-Performance Computing
vLLM
Hybrid Cloud