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Introduction
At IBM, work is more than a job – it‡s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you‡ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world‡s most challenging problems? If so, lets talk.
Your Role and Responsibilities
Start and end dates for this internship are during summer 2024 (3 months)
“May – August” or “June – September” for quarter system schools.
When working in this abstract, fast pace and continuously changing tech world, resilience, commitment, and curiosity serve as the foundation for success as an IBM Developer.
You will participate in many aspects of the software development lifecycle, such as design, code implementation, testing, and support. You will work to create software that is of high quality and meets our clients‡ needs. You will also have the opportunity to become a contributor within Open Source communities across multiple disciplines.
In your role, you will be supported by mentors and coaches who will encourage you to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground-breaking impact for the wider business, our external clients, & their customers. Our culture of flexibility and freedom are pillars that embrace long-term career growth and learning opportunities in an environment that highlights your unique skills and experience.
As an QA/Test Automation Developer Intern, you will:
- Work in an agile, collaborative environment to recommend and develop testing standards and application of quality technologies.
- Configure application development that builds testability from the ground up. Ensure the product is robust and failure scenarios are considered and refactored.
- Collaborates with cross-functional team members on story development, from before definition through final deployment. Performs exploratory testing using industry leading practices.
- Discovers defects/bugs and works with coders and POs to determine root cause and how to prevent similar issues from happening in the future.
- Drives adoption of test automation – unit tests, integration tests, functional tests.
The positions are IBM US Office-based, including the below locations. Opportunities in these locations will vary based on demand. Limited opportunities available in our NY and CA offices.
New York, NY
Poughkeepsie, NY
San Jose, CA
Southbury, CT
Tucson, AZ
Austin, TX
Required Technical and Professional Expertise
- Basic knowledge in Python, Ruby, SQL and/or Go
- Understanding of HTML, CSS
- Knowledge of fundamentals of QA methodology
Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
- Minimum 3 months experience in programming in SQL
- Minimum 3 months experience working with debugging and troubleshooting
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 our 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 client’s 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 every day, 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 ongoing 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 every day 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 50 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.
