Software Developer Intern 2026

Introduction

Are You Ready to Shape the Future of AI and Cloud Technology?

At IBM Ireland, we're not just developing software; we're revolutionizing the way businesses operate. As a part of our elite teams, you'll build the cutting-edge AI-powered, cloud-native and AI solutions. You will reimagine how current and future industries will evolve. Here, your ideas matter, and your work will shape the future!

Why IBM Ireland?

🔹 Innovate with Impact: Be at the forefront of technological innovation, developing backend services and APIs that power our world-class AI-infused management features.

🔹 Collaborate & Thrive: Work alongside industry-leading Architects, AI Experts, Product Managers, DevOps Engineers, and Test Automation Engineers in a dynamic, multi-disciplinary environment that fosters creativity and teamwork.

🔹 Endless Growth Opportunities: With our global reach and commitment to innovation, IBM Ireland is the perfect place to advance your career and explore new possibilities. Our doors are always open for those eager to learn and grow!

🔹 Developer Academy: Created to provide a foundation for new hires starting their journey as an enterprise developer at IBM Software. Over one-week intensive journey, developers are introduced to the devops mindset, Agile philosophy, cloud deployment models and basic Git concepts

Join Us at IBM Ireland and Be Part of Something Extraordinary!

Are you a growth-minded individual ready to make a real impact? Do you thrive in an environment where learning and collaboration are key? If so, we want to hear from you!

Apply Now and Start Your Journey with IBM Ireland – Where Innovation Meets Opportunity!

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a Developer at IBM Ireland, there are opportunities to work across the following roles/areas:

✨ Backend Development Design and build robust microservices and APIs using Java, driving the next generation of our hybrid cloud management products.

✨ Frontend Development Create stunning experiences for users of our software, solving design and user experienced by leveraging your creative problem-solving skills.

✨ Fuel the Future of Software Technology: Work at the heart of our technology ecosystem, ensuring that our development and operational processes are seamless, efficient and scalable through pipeline automation. If you are passionate about making processes faster and more efficient, this is the area for you.

✨ Be a Guardian of Quality: If you have keen eye for detail and a passion for quality, a love for uncovering hidden issues, we have roles that will meet your curiosity and detective skills.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of an Agile team to understand feature requirements.
• Design, code, and test product features.
• Help to maintain, support, and optimize development environments to enable continuous software delivery.
• Work with software QA teams to resolve defects.
• Contribute to product documentation.
• Do appropriate education, planning, and follow-through to stay technically current.
  
  

Preferred Education

None

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

🌟 Experience with algorithms, data structures, Generative AI/LLMs.

🌟 Familiarity with test automation frameworks

🌟 Programming and Scripting skills (Opportunities for Front End and Back End e.g. JavaScript, NodeJs, React, Python, Bash, etc.)

🌟 Container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), and microservices.

🌟 Cloud technologies (IBM Cloud, AWS, Azure etc)