Description

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted in long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.

You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio, including Software and Red Hat.

Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation for success in IBM Consulting. You will be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore ideas beyond your role, and develop creative solutions that result in groundbreaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

 

In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Your role and responsibilities

During your internship, you will have the opportunity to enhance your knowledge and gain professional experience by working on client projects. This role offers an exceptional chance to build a compelling portfolio, acquire new skills, gain insights into diverse industries, and embrace novel challenges that will shape your future career.
At IBM, we prioritize continuous learning, skill development, and personal growth within a culture of coaching and mentorship. As an intern, you will experience this culture and have the opportunity to advance to our associate program based on your results and performance.
Work experiences you may be exposed to include:

• Team Collaboration and Innovation: Join cross-functional teams to understand requirements and define technical specifications for various projects, fostering collaboration and innovation.
• Precision in Documentation: Document technical specifications and design decisions clearly, ensuring effective communication within the team and with stakeholders.
• Code Excellence: Develop scalable and reusable code, and champion code review processes and tools to uphold top-notch code quality.
• Full Stack Versatility: Engage in full-stack cloud-native development, utilizing design thinking to create products that prioritize user experience, performance, security, quality, and stability. Gain exposure to a diverse tech stack, including databases, operating systems, cloud providers, and modern UI frameworks, contributing to the entire product delivery lifecycle.
  

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Required technical and professional expertise

• Currently pursuing a university degree with a strong track record of academic success.
• Possess strong interpersonal skills that enhance collaboration and relationship-building, while effectively managing dynamic workloads in an agile environment.
• Demonstrate initiative and passion for actively seeking new knowledge and improving skills, embracing a growth mindset and openness to diverse viewpoints.
• Exhibit leadership experience and the ability to communicate effectively through active listening, while also showing adaptability and a readiness to take ownership of tasks and challenges.
• Have experience with at least one of the following technologies or languages: Java, C++, Python, Scala, R, SAS, SQL, HTML, SPSS, VBA, Tableau, etc., as well as systems design/development, hyperscale platforms, and the broader field of information technology.

Minimum required education

• High school diploma and actively pursuing the completion of a higher education degree in a relevant field.

Sponsorship

• IBM will not provide visa sponsorship for this position. Eligible candidates must not require sponsorship now or in the future to be considered.

Required work location:

• These positions, anticipated to start in 2026, will be based at the Baton Rouge, Louisiana Client Innovation Center.
• Must be local to your assigned Client Innovation Center location or willing to relocate prior to your start date, at your own expense.
• Average on-site work requirement at the local IBM office is at least 3 days per week.
• While the role typically requires minimal business travel, candidates should be willing to travel up to 100% if needed, based on work assignments.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Knowledge or interest in database development, as well as curiosity about a wide range of cloud platforms, web markup languages, deploying applications with container technology, and generative AI.
• Exposure to web services, APIs, and multiple Java application frameworks is highly desired.
• Knowledge or interest in best practices related to design patterns, performance tuning, and automated/unit testing.
  
  

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients' businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

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.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Job Title

Developer Intern 2026 (Baton Rouge)

Date posted

07-Nov-2025

Job ID

66509

City / Township / Village

BATON ROUGE

State / Province

Louisiana

Country

United States

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Software Engineering

Employment type

On Demand / Casual (Fixed Term)

Contract type

Internship

Projected Minimum Salary per year

33,100.00

Projected Maximum Salary per year

52,960.00

Position type

Internship

Travel required

Up to 100% or 5 days a week (home on weekends - based on project requirements)

Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No



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