Master@IBM Werkstudent - Software Developer (f/m/x)

IBM
IBM

Software Engineering · Intern

Ehningen, Germany

EUR 1,432-2,070 / month

Posted on Oct 5, 2026
Introduction

Shape the Future of Data and AI with IBM

A career in IBM Software means being part of a team that transforms our clients' biggest challenges into innovative solutions. At IBM, we are building the next generation of AI-powered, cloud-native software that helps the world's leading enterprises unlock the full value of their data and knowledge. We foster a culture of curiosity, continuous learning, and innovation, creating endless opportunities for growth and professional development.

We are looking for highly motivated Bachelor and Master students to join our software development team and help shape the future of Agentic AI. You will contribute to innovative solutions that connect people, departments, and business processes with the information they need to make smarter decisions and drive business outcomes.

Our products enable organizations to manage, govern, and enrich their data assets while ensuring compliance with business policies and standards. By combining advanced AI technologies with enterprise-grade software platforms, we help customers accelerate analytics, automation, and AI adoption at scale.

As a Bachelor or Master student joining our team, you will:

* Work in a highly collaborative and multicultural environment with colleagues across Germany, India, and the United States.
* Gain hands-on experience with real-world enterprise software used by global organizations.
* Contribute to innovative Agentic AI solutions and cutting-edge cloud technologies.
* Learn about the complete software development lifecycle, from design and implementation to testing, deployment, and operations.
* Receive mentorship from experienced software engineers, architects, and technical leaders.
* Expand your knowledge in AI, cloud computing, data management, and large-scale distributed systems.
* Build a valuable professional network within one of the world's leading technology companies.
* Have the opportunity to turn innovative ideas into solutions that create measurable customer impact.

Your role and responsibilities

Your Role

As a member of our international development team, you will contribute to the design, implementation, and enhancement of cutting-edge Data Platform and Agentic AI capabilities within IBM's enterprise software portfolio. Working closely with software engineers, architects, product managers, and AI specialists, you will gain hands-on experience across the entire software development lifecycle while helping deliver innovative solutions to some of the world's largest enterprises.

What You Will Do

You may have the opportunity to:

* Design, develop, and implement IBM software solutions, covering AI Agents, Data Platforms, Observability and Z Software by leveraging IBM technologies.
* Explore and evaluate emerging AI trends and identify opportunities to integrate them into existing products.
* Define and prioritize innovative AI use cases aligned with business and customer needs.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
* Develop and extend software components using modern programming languages, frameworks, and cloud technologies.
* Optimize and enhance existing code bases to improve performance, scalability, and user experience.
* Test, validate, and refine AI-powered solutions to ensure high quality and reliability.
* Automate development and testing processes to improve engineering efficiency.
* Research the latest developments in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Agentic AI.
* Prepare and present findings, recommendations, and progress updates to stakeholders.
* Participate in knowledge-sharing activities and contribute to a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

What You Can Expect from Master@IBM Study&Work:

✅ Financial independence from day one - with an attractive salary

20h for IBM
1st year € 1.432 gross/month
2nd year € 1.869 gross/month
3rd year € 2.070 gross/month

✅ An employment contract with a 20h-hour workweek for IBM
✅ Master studies at recommended German university (of your choice) like TUM, University Stuttgart, University Tübingen, KIT
✅ Full coverage of semester fees plus travel expenses to your university
✅ State-of-the-art equipment, such as a MacBook & more
✅ Personalized development through hands-on training, job shadowing, and career coaching
✅ Master’s thesis in collaboration with your department, ensuring a seamless link between theory and practice
✅ A strong prospect of full-time employment after graduation and promising career opportunities at IBM.

To apply for the Master's program at IBM, please submit your CV, your high school diploma, your transcript of records and a letter of motivation. Kindly ensure that all documents are merged into one single PDF file before uploading.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
  • Enrolled in a Bachelor’s or Master's degree program in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, or a related field
  • Strong interest in AI, software development, cloud technologies, and enterprise software including relational databases
  • Programming experience in one or more modern languages such as Java, C++, Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, or similar
  • Analytical mindset with strong problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively within a team
  • Good communication skills in English. German language skills are a plus

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence—from machine learning to generative AI—to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM’s AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM’s hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments—a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

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.

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