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IBM researches, develops, manufactures, and markets technology products ranging from mainframe computers to cognitive solutions, always with a core drive to innovate and explore new fields.

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Introduction

IBM Research takes responsibility for technology and its role in society. Working in IBM Research means you'll join a team who invent what's next in computing, always choosing the big, urgent and mind-bending work that endures and shapes generations. Our passion for discovery, and excitement for defining the future of tech, is what builds our strong culture around solving problems for clients and seeing the real world impact that you can make. IBM's product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive.

Your role and responsibilities

IBM Research Africa is excited to announce openings for its Research Internship program. This is a unique opportunity to work on groundbreaking technology solutions, develop scalable software systems, and collaborate with leading research scientists and engineers in fields such as generative AI, quantum machine learning, and cloud-based workflows.

As a Research Intern, you will have the opportunity to help develop foundation models, agentic workflows, quantum-ML algorithms, and approaches that impact fundamental sciences and application areas alike. You will work on industry research projects, take part in research meetings and discussions, contribute to internal and open-source code repositories, and contribute to commercial products and outputs such as research papers and patents.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Currently enrolled in an M.Sc, or Ph.D degree program in Computer Science, Computer & Electronics Engineering, Machine Learning, Data Science, Statistics, Quantum Computing, or related technical fields.
Proficiency in Python, Py Torch, or Tensor Flow, and experience in any additional programming languages such as Java, C/C++, etc.
Good understanding of machine learning algorithms.
Knowledge of optimization approaches
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Good communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Experience publishing and presenting research in technical communities (e.g., Neurips, CVPR, ICML, ICLR, IJCAI, AAAI, KDD, IEEE QCE).
Good understanding of Quantum computing
Experience in MLOps.

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.

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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.

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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. The Company's approved Employment Equity Plan and Targets will be considered as part of the recruitment process. As an Equal Opportunities employer, we actively encourage and welcome people with different abilities to apply.

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For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

Client-provided location(s): Johannesburg, South Africa

Job ID: IBM-67436

Employment Type: INTERN

Posted: 2025-12-18T18:48:33
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