IBM · 3 hours ago
RS: Toward Autonomous Data Management with FMs and AI Agents Intern 2026
Yorktown Heights, NY
Internship
Onsite
Intern
Start in 2026IBM Research is focused on advancing technology's role in society, and they are seeking an intern to help develop autonomous data management systems. The role involves leveraging foundation models and AI agents to automate data tasks, enhance data workflows, and improve the reliability and efficiency of data-driven insights.
Business DevelopmentBusiness Information SystemsCRMData ManagementFoundational AISoftware
Responsibilities
Using foundation models for code generation specific to data tasks such as SQL or NoSQL for data retrieval, python code generation for analytical insights
Combining foundation models, knowledge graphs, multi-modal structured and unstructured data to improve data discovery and automated Text-to-SQL
Improving FM inference for both answer quality and computational cost
Creating generative-AI tooling for DataOps (e.g., data integration and flows), analogous to DevOps accelerators but for data engineering and analytics
Creating efficient AI Agents that can reliably operate as part of an autonomous system
Qualification
Required
Pursuing graduate studies in computer science or related fields
At least one main author research publication at a top conference in AI such as NeurIPS, AAAI, VLDB, SIGMOD, IJCAI, ICML, ICLR, and ICAPS
Familiarity and working expertise with large language models
Preferred
Familiarity with knowledge graphs, SQL, RAG, Agentic frameworks
Familiarity with reinforcement learning, AI planning
Familiarity with prompt optimization techniques
Master's Degree
Company
IBM
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Founded in 1911
10001+ employees
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Funding
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unknown2011-01-14IPO
Leadership Team
Alain Bénichou
Chief Executive Officer, IBM Greater China Group
Alex Yang
CTO and Chief Architect
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