AI Research Engineer

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Strong skills in software development (Python, OOP, Design Patterns, Software development best practices, etc.)
• Strong knowledge of REST APIs specs/implementation
• Experience with Containers (container, Docker), Kubernetes, and/or OpenShift
• High-quality software architecture, clean code, documentation, and tests
• Some experience with Foundation Models, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, and Jupyter Notebooks

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experience with LLM libraries such as Hugging Face, Transformers, LangChain/LangGraph
• Experience with Test Driven Development
• Experience with distilling newly published research or participating in a research community
• Some experience with LLM-based applications, such as Agents, and LLM evaluations
  
  Other Skills
  
  
  • Innovate on problem solutions/design (problem solver mindset)
  • Self-driven/taught
  • Ability to work independently and act as an SME to others
  • Ability to quickly adapt to new project settings
  • Curious and expresses a desire to help up-skill others
  • Strong communication skills (Good verbal and written skills are a must).
  • A significant portion of this role involves carefully communicating nuanced settings.

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.

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Client-provided location(s): Bangalore, India

Job ID: IBM-69961

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-10-30T18:47:44