Internship Backend Developer Intern Jobs in Boston, MA

As a Backend Developer, you’ll gain hands-on experience working on real-world projects that impact users globally. You’ll collaborate with architects and developers to build high-quality, elegant, and performant solutions.

Your role and responsibilities

You will:

• Participate in Agile development cycles: design, code, test, and support.
• Learn and apply best practices in software development lifecycle.
• Work with APIs, databases, and cloud-based services.

Who You Are

• Curious, motivated, and eager to learn new technologies.
• A team player with strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Comfortable with debugging, problem-solving, and adapting to new challenges.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Required technical and professional expertise

• Academic or professional experience with the Software Development Lifecycle
• Basic knowledge of operating systems and how they work (i.e. Operating systems courses)
• Basic problem solving skills

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Foundational knowledge of system-level programming concepts
• Version control via tools like Git/GitHub

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world’s most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future.Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfoliodesigned for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

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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.

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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.

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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

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.

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

Back End Developer Intern 2027 - RTP

City / Township / Village

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, DURHAM

State / Province

North Carolina

Country

United States

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Infrastructure & Technology

Employment type

Co-Op (Fixed Term)

Contract type

Internship

Projected Minimum Salary per year

75,600.00

Projected Maximum Salary per year

138,600.00

Position type

Internship

No Travel

Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation

Shift

General (daytime)