Backend Software Engineer, Artificial Intelligence

Job description

About MIT-IBM
The MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab is a collaborative academic-industry partnership focused on advancing fundamental AI research. With 50 active projects in our portfolio – each jointly executed by MIT faculty and IBM Research scientists – we publish in the top AI conferences and work with member companies to bridge our scientific work to real-world impact.

The Advanced Prototy ping Team
We are now building a small-but-mighty team of talented software engineers and designers tasked with harnessing the lab's most innovative work to create prototype applications. This team will get to interact with some of the world's leading AI researchers from MIT and IBM to forge pathways to powerful products and services for business and society.

We are looking for hackers, makers, and lifelong learners – people who love to code and care for the user experience.

This team will be co-located with our research group in Cambridge, Massachusetts in Kendall Square – one of the hottest technology hubs in the world.

Description
As a Software Engineer within our Research AI group you will work on the most cutting-edge and exciting projects where you will help to design and create state of the art AI systems that will impact the world. You will interact with the brightest minds in AI and will help bring AI research ideas into scalable, robust systems. We want to bring out the best in you and expect you to do the same to us. Your proactive approach to creative problem solving will be essential to the success of our team and the company.

Responsibilities
This person will work on a systems level to create and maintain large backend systems. They should have a passion for creating and coding algorithms in the computer science domain. They will be responsible for designing and developing novel and robust architectures, components, and APIs for the rest of the team to use.

Auto req ID

269700BR
Required Education

Bachelor's Degree
Role ( Job Role )

Software Developer
State / Province

MASSACHUSETTS
Primary job category

Software Development & Support
Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation
Contract type

Regular
Employment Type

Full-Time
ERBP

Yes
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No
Travel Required

Up to 10% or 1 day a week
IBM Business Group

Research
Preferred Education

Master's Degree
City / Township / Village

CAMBRIDGE
Being You @ IBM

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
Required Technical and Professional Expertise

·  Can implement fundamental algorithms and data structures (e.g., regular expressions, syntactic parsing, search algorithms, hashing, graph data structures) but also can innovate in this space
·  Knows how to code in C, Python, and Bash
·  Can create SQL and NoSQL databases
·  Basic understanding of design patterns
·  Basic understanding of software engineering
·  Can setup servers to handle a high computational load
Country/Region

United States
Preferred Technical and Professional Experience

·  At least two years of experience as a software engineer or several internships as a software engineer
·  Can setup a DevOps pipeline
·  Can code close to the Linux system level
·  Can create and use Docker containers to deploy prototypes
·  Understands how to implement basic security precautions
·  Knows how to code in one esoteric language
·  Has several side projects or has participated in hackathons
Secondary Job Category

Unassigned
Eligibility Requirements

·  None
Position Type

Early Professional
Early Professional Track

Industry Early Professional
Location Statement

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

IBM Research Scientists are charting the future of Artificial Intelligence, creating breakthroughs in quantum computing, discovering how blockchain will reshape the enterprise, and much more. Join a team that is dedicated to applying science to some of today's most complex challenges, whether it's discovering a new way for doctors to help patients, teaming with environmentalists to clean up our waterways or enabling retailers to personalize customer service.
Your Life @ IBM

What matters to you when you're looking for your next career challenge?

Maybe you want to get involved in work that really changes the world. What about somewhere with incredible and diverse career and development opportunities – where you can truly discover your passion? Are you looking for a culture of openness, collaboration and trust – where everyone has a voice? What about all of these? If so, then IBM could be your next career challenge. Join us, not to do something better, but to attempt things you never thought possible.

Impact. Inclusion. Infinite Experiences. Do your best work ever.
About Business Unit

With more than 3,000 researchers in 12 labs located across six continents, IBM Research brings together hundreds of researchers who possess unparalleled industry expertise to address some of the world's most challenging problems. Join us as we do pioneering work in areas such as cognitive computing, augmented intelligence, quantum computing, and blockchain, to name a few.
About IBM

IBM's greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that progress is made through progressive thinking, progressive leadership, progressive policy and progressive action. IBMers believe that the application of intelligence, reason and science can improve business, society and the human condition. Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 380,000 IBMers serving clients in 170 countries.