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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineering - **Company:** IBM - **Location:** New York, United States - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, IBM System I, Cloud Computing, Continuous Integration, Data Structures, Software Debugging, DevOps, Distributed Systems, Python (Programming Language), Scrum Methodology, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, Workflow Management Systems, AI Infrastructure, Large Language Models, Git, Pandas, Event Driven Architecture, Scikit Learn, Kubernetes, Information Technology, HuggingFace, Data Management, Virtual Agents, Asynchronous Programming, Api Design, Restful APIs, Data Pipelines, Automation Anywhere, Docker, Microservices - **Published:** August 27, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/750ee032-9211-4b25-8a50-88ab20d0c57d ## About the Role * A student pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Data Science, or a related field. * A self-starter who enjoys solving complex problems and experimenting with new ideas. * Someone excited about the rapidly evolving world of AI agents and workflow automation. * Enthusiastic about learning from experienced engineers and contributing to real-world systems. What You'll Gain * Hands-on experience with cutting-edge agentic AI technologies. * Mentorship from senior engineers and engineering managers. * Real ownership of impactful engineering deliverables. * Exposure to enterprise-scale data platforms and AI infrastructure. A chance to grow your technical skills and professional network. Required education High School Diploma/GED Preferred education Bachelor's Degree Required technical and professional expertise * Strong proficiency in Python, including experience with common libraries such as requests, pydantic, pandas, or asyncio. * Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals: data structures, algorithms, debugging, testing. * Familiarity with REST APIs, microservices, or event-driven systems. * Curiosity and willingness to explore agentic AI, LLMs, and workflow automation frameworks. * Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment. Preferred technical and professional experience You do not need all of these, but experience with any is a plus: * Experience with AI/ML libraries (OpenAI SDK, LangChain, Hugging Face, or similar). * Exposure to Kubernetes, Docker, or cloud-native environments. * Understanding of vector databases (e.g., Milvus, Pinecone, Weaviate). * Knowledge of asynchronous programming or distributed systems. * Experience building data pipelines or workflow orchestration tools. * Familiarity with Git, CI/CD, and modern engineering practices. ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT The IBM Finance organization is responsible for driving enterprise performance and transformation. We are the financial stewards of IBM, delivering IBM's financial strategy, developing new business models, and mitigating enterprise risk. Do you have a passion for creating business value? Join our team in accounting, financial planning, pricing, business controls, tax, treasury, business development (acquisitions & divestitures), and global financing., 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?, IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship. ## Description We are looking for motivated, curious, and technically strong software engineer to join our team. You will work closely with other engineers to design, build, and test next-generation agentic AI capabilities and automated workflows that support data and engineering operations at scale. Your role and responsibilities What You'll Do As a Software Engineering, you will: * Develop Python-based services, agents, and tooling to support AI workflows and automation. * Help design and prototype agentic AI patterns (reasoning agents, workflow planners, retrieval pipelines, evaluation harnesses, etc.). * Contribute to backend engineering tasks such as API development, orchestration logic, and system integration. * Build, configure, and test AI workflows running on modern platforms (Kubernetes, vector databases such as Milvus, distributed systems). * Collaborate with other engineers to refine requirements, troubleshoot issues, and improve system performance. * Document your designs, experiments, and findings in clear engineering artifacts. * Participate in Agile ceremonies (standups, sprint planning, demos) and contribute to a fast-paced engineering culture., Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for up to 8 paid holidays, minimum of 56 hours paid sick time and the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan. IBM offers paid family medical leave and disability benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law. This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 15 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law. ## Related Videos - [Can This Elephant Dance? 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