Machine Learning Developer Intern (September - 4 Months)

Introduction
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Your Role and Responsibilities
This position is for the IBM AI & Analytics team and resides in Toronto/Calgary/Montreal and is a 4-month work term commencing in September 2023. It is mandatory that all applicants are enrolled in full-time studies at a post-secondary institution and returning to full-time studies upon completion of the work-term.

Our team is looking for candidates with exceptional technical aptitude, a passion for applied data science, and an interest in solving business challenges with machine learning.

The successful candidate will join a fast-paced consulting team, composed of Partners, Product Managers, Data Scientists, Architects and Software Engineers to conceptualize, develop and deploy machine learning solutions to solve enterprise-scale problems. As a team, we pride ourselves on tackling some of the most difficult challenges our clients face by bringing together subject matter expertise, data science, and technical execution.

As an intern Machine Learning Developer, you’ll have the unique opportunity to learn and use industry-leading ML technologies on a cloud platform (e.g. IBM Cloud, Azure) by working on a project that generates value for external client engagements or internal initiatives. Depending on the project’s technical requirements, you will have the opportunity to work with open-source technologies such as Kubeflow, MLflow, Prometheus, Grafana, Seldon Core, Spark, and Kafka.

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Demonstrated familiarity or interest in machine learning, statistical analysis, or data mining through previous internships, personal/ academic projects, hackathons, and/or publications.
• Experience with object-oriented programming in Python
• Able to confidently communicate ideas to an audience of peers/managers, comfortable and effective in working independently
• Must be eligible to work 4 months starting in September 2023

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• One or more work terms in a machine learning or software engineering related role.
• Experience using machine-learning or data engineering libraries/frameworks in python (scikit-learn, TensorFlow, pyspark).
• Good familiarity with cloud application development and the tools required for building cloud-native data applications (Kubernetes, Docker, S3).

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.
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Location Statement Must have the ability to work in Canada without sponsorship.

This role will involve working with technology that is covered by Export Regulations sanctions. If you are a Foreign National from any of the following US sanctioned countries (Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions of Ukraine) on a work permit, you are not eligible for employment in this position.
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