Intern Application Developer – Strategy & Transformation 2027

About the role

Launch your career like an IBMer. As an IBM intern, you'll contribute to real client projects across diverse industries from day one, working alongside experienced IBMers who are invested in your success. You'll develop technical expertise and consulting skills in a culture built on continuous learning, mentorship, and coaching. High-performing interns have a clear pathway into IBM's Associate Program.

Responsibilities

• Join cross-functional teams to understand requirements and define technical specs for various projects, fostering collaboration and innovation.
• Document technical specifications and design decisions with clarity, ensuring effective communication within the team and stakeholders.
• Develop scalable, reusable code and champion code review processes/tools to uphold top-notch code quality.
• Engage in full stack cloud native development, utilizing design thinking to create products that prioritize user experience, performance, security, quality, and stability.
• Gain exposure to a diverse tech stack including databases, operating systems, cloud providers, and modern UI frameworks, contributing to the entire product delivery life cycle.

Requirements

• Currently pursuing a university degree with a track record of academic success (Preferred Majors: MIS, CS, Finance, Accounting, Business Analytics, Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Human Resources, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Economics, User Experience Design, and Web development).
• Exposure to SQL/PLSQL, cloud basics, integration patterns (REST/SOAP APIs), data migration tools (FBDI, HDL), reporting tools (OTBI, BI Publisher), data visualization (Tableau, Power BI).
• Exposure to tools like Copilot, ChatGPT, or similar AI assistants to research, write, analyze, and improve productivity, while applying critical thinking and validation.
• Willingness to travel as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge or interest in database development, cloud platforms, web markup languages, deploying applications with container technology, and generative AI.
• Exposure to web services, API, and multiple Java application frameworks is highly desired.
• Knowledge or interest in best practices around design patterns, performance tuning, automated and unit testing.