IBM Research Software Intern jobs in Bengaluru and Gurgaon sit under IBM's university relations summer internship program. The listing, job 137471, is a shared page that introduces two labs: IBM Research India, which takes interns in quantum computing and related computer science, mathematics and AI topics, and the IBM Software Innovation Lab India, which takes interns in next generation data, AI agents and AI driven automation. Both list Gurgaon and Bengaluru. We post verified openings like this on our WhatsApp jobs channel.
Role Overview
The posting describes summer internships for bright students of leading technical universities in India. Interns work on current lab projects, solve problems with mentors, and get industry exposure. IBM also states plainly that the aim is to look for future employees, so a good internship may open a path to a full time role. That is the company's own framing, not a guarantee.
Tracks named in the listing
- Software Innovation Lab intern, AI and Data: contributes to research and development across AI, with a focus on agentic AI for enterprise use. Areas include AI for IT automation, the intersection of data and AI, agentic middleware and models, embedding and AI based retrieval, time series foundation models, multi modal foundation models and AI for software engineering.
- Research intern, Quantum Algorithms: summer internship under IBM Research India.
- Research intern, AI: summer internship under IBM Research India.
The page you apply on is titled Research Software Intern, so read which track the application form attaches to before you submit.
What the role involves
Interns work on live projects grounded in real datasets, environments and problems, and the listing wants work that pushes the state of the art in agentic AI for enterprise applications. In practice that usually means a narrow research question, code to test it, and regular reviews with a mentor. That description is an inference from the track list, since the posting does not give a daily schedule.
Who it suits
This suits students with a solid base in computer science, mathematics or AI who like open ended problems and can write working code. It is less suited to someone who wants a defined, ticket based internship. If you have a research style project, a paper, a Kaggle notebook or a thesis chapter, those carry more weight here than a long list of tools.
How to stand out
Treat these as expectations rather than stated rules:
- Pick one area from the track list and build a small, honest project in it: a retrieval demo, a time series forecast, a basic agent that calls tools.
- Be ready to explain the maths behind the model you used, not only the library call.
- Put a clean repository link on your resume with a short write up of results, including what did not work.
- Read the IBM India lab pages the posting links, IBM Research India and Software Innovation Lab India, so you can name a team you would like to join.
You can compare it with a similar lab internship in our Nokia Student Intern Research opening in Bangalore and the EA Data Science Intern role in Hyderabad.
Check before you apply
- Eligible batch, degree and CGPA: not clearly stated on the page. Check the application form.
- Stipend and duration: not listed.
- Which lab and track: choose carefully, since the page combines several.
- Work mode: locations are Bengaluru and Gurgaon. Remote work is not mentioned.
- Last date: not given.
Details come from the employer's posting and can change.
FAQs
Where is the IBM internship located? The labs list Gurgaon and Bengaluru.
Is the IBM Research internship paid? The posting does not state a stipend.
Which areas does it cover? Quantum algorithms, AI, and next generation data with AI agents and automation.
Can an internship lead to a job? IBM says it looks for future employees through the program, but it does not promise conversion.
Where can I find more internships? Visit the latest quick openings and follow Hirecept on Instagram.
